- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Graeme Dey on 10 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the withdrawal rate was for participants undertaking a (a) modern, (b) graduate, and (c) foundation apprenticeship programme, in each year since the scheme was introduced.
Answer
Modern Apprenticeship statistics are published on the Skills Development Scotland (SDS) website at Modern Apprenticeships | Skills Development Scotland . Year-end statistics for 2022-23 are expected to be published in May 2023.
The proportion of individuals who don't complete their apprenticeship or leave early are published by SDS at the following links:
Foundation Apprenticeships - https://www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk/media/50223/foundation-apprenticeship-report-2022-published-version.pdf
Modern Apprenticeships - https://www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk/media/49237/modern-apprenticeship-statistics-quarter-4-2021-22.pdf
Graduate Apprenticeships – https://www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk/media/49924/graduate-apprenticeship-annual-report-2022-final.pdf
Earlier years data can be found in older publications.
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Graeme Dey on 9 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the average real terms spending, based on current prices, was for a Scotland-domiciled student in receipt of (a) a young students' bursary, (b) an independent students' bursary, (c) a care experienced students' bursary, (d) a lone parents' grant, (e) a dependants' grant, (f) a care experienced accommodation grant, (g) placement expenses, (h) a paramedic, nursing and midwifery bursary and (i) a disabled students' allowance, in each year since the support scheme was introduced.
Answer
Tables 1 and 2 reflect the relevant bursaries and grants since 1997-98 when consistent data recording started. The types of relevant bursaries and grants that were available each year varied. Bursaries and grants available to students depended on their circumstances as well as the type of course they were studying.
Table 1: Average Bursary Spend, 1997-98 to 2021-22 |
Year | Young Students' Bursary | Independent Students' Bursary | Care-experienced Students' Bursary | Paramedic, Nursing and Midwifery Bursary |
Cash terms | real terms (2021-22 prices) | Cash terms | real terms (2021-22 prices) | Cash terms | real terms (2021-22 prices) | Cash terms | real terms (2021-22 prices) |
1997-98 | | | | | | | £3,408 | £5,579 |
1998-99 | | | | | | | £4,584 | £7,374 |
1999-00 | | | | | | | £4,710 | £7,483 |
2000-01 | | | | | | | £4,809 | £7,545 |
2001-02 | £1,309 | £2,012 | | | | | £6,204 | £9,539 |
2002-03 | £1,380 | £2,074 | | | | | £5,355 | £8,049 |
2003-04 | £1,407 | £2,065 | | | | | - a | - a |
2004-05 | £1,445 | £2,059 | | | | | - a | - a |
2005-06 | £1,862 | £2,580 | | | | | - a | - a |
2006-07 | £1,914 | £2,576 | | | | | £5,831 | £7,847 |
2007-08 | £1,955 | £2,571 | | | | | £6,776 | £8,908 |
2008-09 | £1,988 | £2,523 | | | | | £6,057 | £7,685 |
2009-10 | £2,051 | £2,568 | | | | | £2,021 | £2,530 |
2010-11 | £1,665 | £2,050 | £935 | £1,151 | | | £6,117 | £7,534 |
2011-12 | £2,093 | £2,532 | £923 | £1,117 | | | £6,024 | £7,290 |
2012-13 | £2,104 | £2,502 | £927 | £1,102 | | | £5,098 | £6,064 |
2013-14 | £1,226 | £1,428 | £710 | £827 | | | £6,059 | £7,060 |
2014-15 | £1,235 | £1,423 | £710 | £818 | | | £6,136 | £7,072 |
2015-16 | £1,252 | £1,432 | £712 | £815 | | | £6,158 | £7,041 |
2016-17 | £1,390 | £1,557 | £826 | £926 | | | £6,216 | £6,965 |
2017-18 | £1,406 | £1,550 | £822 | £906 | £7,017 | £7,733 | £6,177 | £6,808 |
2018-19 | £1,407 | £1,523 | £825 | £893 | £7,621 | £8,252 | £6,178 | £6,689 |
2019-20 | £1,540 | £1,625 | £945 | £997 | £7,638 | £8,061 | £7,602 | £8,023 |
2020-21 | £1,543 | £1,532 | £960 | £954 | £7,716 | £7,662 | £9,379 | £9,314 |
2021-22 | £1,503 | £1,503 | £942 | £942 | £7,591 | £7,591 | £9,270 | £9,270 |
Table 2: Average Grant Spend, 1997-98 to 2021-22 |
Year | Lone Parents' Grant | Dependents' Grant | Care-experienced Accommodation Grant | Placement Expenses | Disabled Students' Allowance |
Cash terms | real terms (2021-22 prices) | Cash terms | real terms (2021-22 prices) | Cash terms | real terms (2021-22 prices) | Cash terms | real terms (2021-22 prices) | Cash terms | real terms (2021-22 prices) |
1997-98 | £920 | £1,506 | £2,225 | £3,643 | | | - | - | £1,867 | £3,056 |
1998-99 | £949 | £1,527 | £2,265 | £3,644 | | | - | - | £2,187 | £3,518 |
1999-00 | £964 | £1,531 | £2,271 | £3,607 | | | - | - | £2,472 | £3,927 |
2000-01 | £980 | £1,538 | £2,266 | £3,556 | | | - | - | £2,460 | £3,860 |
2001-02 | £1,029 | £1,582 | £2,349 | £3,612 | | | - | - | £2,456 | £3,777 |
2002-03 | £1,064 | £1,600 | £2,432 | £3,655 | | | - | - | £2,516 | £3,782 |
2003-04 | £1,094 a | £1,606 a | £2,473 a | £3,629 a | | | - | - | £2,252 | £3,304 |
2004-05 | £1,099 a | £1,565 a | £1,971 a | £2,807 a | | | - | - | £2,364 | £3,367 |
2005-06 | £1,125 a | £1,559 a | £2,041 a | £2,829 a | | | - | - | £2,221 | £3,078 |
2006-07 | £1,148 | £1,545 | £2,522 | £3,394 | | | - | - | £2,232 | £3,003 |
2007-08 | £1,227 | £1,613 | £2,974 | £3,909 | | | - | - | £2,223 | £2,923 |
2008-09 | £1,184 | £1,502 | £2,601 | £3,301 | | | - | - | £2,168 | £2,750 |
2009-10 | £998 | £1,249 | £1,181 | £1,478 | | | - | - | £2,074 | £2,597 |
2010-11 | £1,188 | £1,463 | £2,581 | £3,178 | | | - | - | £1,902 | £2,342 |
2011-12 | £1,193 | £1,444 | £2,599 | £3,145 | | | £592 | £717 | £2,172 | £2,628 |
2012-13 | £1,138 | £1,353 | £2,214 | £2,634 | | | £450 | £536 | £1,809 | £2,151 |
2013-14 | £1,197 | £1,394 | £2,522 | £2,939 | | | £534 | £622 | £1,815 | £2,115 |
2014-15 | £1,206 | £1,390 | £2,587 | £2,982 | | | £688 | £793 | £1,695 | £1,954 |
2015-16 | £1,208 | £1,381 | £2,686 | £3,071 | | | £725 | £829 | £1,776 | £2,031 |
2016-17 | £1,199 | £1,344 | £2,743 | £3,074 | | | £752 | £843 | £1,780 | £1,995 |
2017-18 | £1,425 | £1,570 | £3,481 | £3,836 | | | £750 | £827 | £1,837 | £2,025 |
2018-19 | £1,446 | £1,566 | £3,478 | £3,765 | £1,087 | £1,177 | £837 | £906 | £1,989 | £2,153 |
2019-20 | £1,460 | £1,541 | £3,519 | £3,714 | £1,777 | £1,875 | £563 | £594 | £1,903 | £2,009 |
2020-21 | £1,499 | £1,489 | £3,547 | £3,523 | £1,842 | £1,830 | £929 | £922 | £2,028 | £2,014 |
2021-22 | £1,496 | £1,496 | £3,473 | £3,473 | £1,288 | £1,288 | £936 | £936 | £2,066 | £2,066 |
Source: SG Analysis of SAAS and HM Treasury Data
Notes:
1. Blank entries indicate that the bursary or grant was either discontinued or did not exist at that time
2. The dash symbol denotes missing data for an available bursary or grant.
3. SAAS have advised that Placement Expenses student support funding was recorded under ad-hoc payments until 2011-12. Therefore the total value of Placement Expenses student support funding up to that year cannot be accurately determined.
4. Letter (a) is used to indicate that there was no data for Nursing and Midwifery students between 2003-04 and 2005-06, therefore there is no entry for the corresponding years under Paramedic, Nursing and Midwifery Bursary.
5. The missing Nursing and Midwifery data between 2003-04 and 2005-06 also impacted the corresponding datasets for Lone Parents’ and Dependents’ students. The letter (a) is also used to indicate that the average Lone Parents’ and Dependents’ grants values for those years are also impacted because of this.
6. The Paramedic Science Bursary, included under Paramedic, Nursing, and Midwifery Student Bursary, started in year 2021-22.
7. SAAS have advised that there are data record issues in years up to and including 2012-13, therefore average bursary and grant values from 1998-99 to 2012-13 are likely to be less accurate than more recent years.
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 9 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, for each devolved benefit administered by Social Security Scotland, what the total amount paid to recipients was in each year since its introduction.
Answer
Information on benefits administered by Social Security Scotland is routinely published as part of official statistics releases. Excel tables released as part of these publications include information on the value of payments issued for each benefit since launch, and provide financial year breakdowns of payments.
The latest statistics publication for each benefit can be found at: https://www.socialsecurity.gov.scot/about/statistics/social-security-scotland-statistics-publications .
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Graeme Dey on 9 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the average amount of student loan debt was for a Scotland-domiciled undergraduate student upon completing their course at a Scottish university, in each year since 2007.
Answer
Information on average student loan debt is published, in table 5, by the Student Loans Company.
Student Loans in Scotland: 2021 to 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Graeme Dey on 9 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much in (a) cash and (b) real terms, based on current prices, its policy of free university tuition has cost in each year since its introduction.
Answer
The following table shows the amount of tuition fees paid out by the Student Award Agency Scotland (SAAS) in cash and real terms (in 2021-22 prices) since 2007-08.
In addition to providing free tuition through SAAS, the Scottish Government also provides a block teaching grant to the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) to support universities provide free tuition. Information on the teaching grant, including the allocation amount for AY 2022-23, can be found on SFC’s website.
| Table 1: Amount of tuition fees paid out by SAAS in cash and real terms (2021-22 prices), 2007-08 to 2021-22 |
| Year | Cash terms - million | Real terms (2021-22 prices) - million |
| 2007-08 | £136.3 | £179.1 |
| 2008-09 | £152.8 | £193.9 |
| 2009-10 | £171.9 | £215.2 |
| 2010-11 | £176.6 | £217.5 |
| 2011-12 | £176.8 | £213.9 |
| 2012-13 | £173.8 | £206.7 |
| 2013-14 | £177.9 | £207.3 |
| 2014-15 | £181.6 | £209.3 |
| 2015-16 | £183.3 | £209.6 |
| 2016-17 | £184.4 | £206.6 |
| 2017-18 | £186.2 | £205.2 |
| 2018-19 | £186.9 | £202.4 |
| 2019-20 | £186.1 | £196.4 |
| 2020-21 | £192.9 | £191.5 |
| 2021-22 | £188.5 | £188.5 |
Source: SG analysis of SAAS and HM Treasury data
Notes: Real terms figures are presented in 2021-22 prices, based on HM Treasury's GDP deflators at market prices, and money GDP March 2023 (Quarterly National Accounts) series, published 3 April 2023.
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Graeme Dey on 9 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the average real terms spending, based on current prices, was for a Scotland-domiciled student attending a Scottish university and in receipt of a (a) bursary and (b) grant, in each year since 2007.
Answer
The following table reflects the various bursaries and grants that existed since 2007. The types of bursaries and grants that were available each year varied and some replaced others. The bursaries and grants available to students depended on their circumstances as well as the type of course they were studying.
Table 1: Average Bursary and Grant spend in cash and real terms (2021-22 prices), 2007-08 to 2021-22 |
Year | Average Bursary | Average Grant |
Cash terms | Real terms (2021-22 prices) | Cash terms | Real terms (2021-22 prices) |
2007-08 | £3,255 | £4,279 | £2,295 | £3,018 |
2008-09 | £3,041 | £3,859 | £2,180 | £2,766 |
2009-10 | £2,028 | £2,539 | £2,157 | £2,701 |
2010-11 | £2,867 | £3,531 | £1,799 | £2,216 |
2011-12 | £2,713 | £3,283 | £2,395 | £2,898 |
2012-13 | £2,476 | £2,945 | £1,927 | £2,292 |
2013-14 | £2,084 | £2,429 | £2,027 | £2,362 |
2014-15 | £2,150 | £2,478 | £1,994 | £2,298 |
2015-16 | £2,239 | £2,560 | £2,048 | £2,342 |
2016-17 | £2,327 | £2,607 | £2,049 | £2,295 |
2017-18 | £2,369 | £2,611 | £2,361 | £2,602 |
2018-19 | £2,424 | £2,624 | £2,444 | £2,646 |
2019-20 | £2,903 | £3,064 | £2,553 | £2,695 |
2020-21 | £3,468 | £3,444 | £2,653 | £2,635 |
2021-22 | £3,657 | £3,657 | £2,609 | £2,609 |
Source: SG analysis of SAAS and HM Treasury data;
Notes:
1. Bursary includes: Young Student Bursary, Independent Student Bursary, Young Student Outside of Scotland Bursary, Student Outside of Scotland Bursary, Nursing and Midwifery Student Bursary (NMSB), and Scottish Government Health Department Bursary.
2. Grant includes: Dependents Grant, Lone Parent Grant, Lone Parent Childcare Grant, Disabled Students Allowance, and Undergraduate and Postgraduate Standard Maintenance Allowance.
Bursaries such as NMSB were only available to a specific cohort of students.
3. SAAS have advised that there are data record issues in years up to and including 2012-13, therefore average bursary and grant values from 2007-08 to 2012-13 arelikely to be less accurate than more recent years.
4. Real terms figures are presented in 2021-22prices, based on HM Treasury's GDP deflators at market prices, and money GDP March 2023 (Quarterly National Accounts) series, published 3 April 2023.
Table 1: Average Bursary and Grant spend in cash and real terms (2021-22 prices), 2007-08 to 2021-22 |
Year | Average Bursary | Average Grant |
Cash terms | Real terms (2021-22 prices) | Cash terms | Real terms (2021-22 prices) |
2007-08 | £3,255 | £4,279 | £2,295 | £3,018 |
2008-09 | £3,041 | £3,859 | £2,180 | £2,766 |
2009-10 | £2,028 | £2,539 | £2,157 | £2,701 |
2010-11 | £2,867 | £3,531 | £1,799 | £2,216 |
2011-12 | £2,713 | £3,283 | £2,395 | £2,898 |
2012-13 | £2,476 | £2,945 | £1,927 | £2,292 |
2013-14 | £2,084 | £2,429 | £2,027 | £2,362 |
2014-15 | £2,150 | £2,478 | £1,994 | £2,298 |
2015-16 | £2,239 | £2,560 | £2,048 | £2,342 |
2016-17 | £2,327 | £2,607 | £2,049 | £2,295 |
2017-18 | £2,369 | £2,611 | £2,361 | £2,602 |
2018-19 | £2,424 | £2,624 | £2,444 | £2,646 |
2019-20 | £2,903 | £3,064 | £2,553 | £2,695 |
2020-21 | £3,468 | £3,444 | £2,653 | £2,635 |
2021-22 | £3,657 | £3,657 | £2,609 | £2,609 |
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom Arthur on 9 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much revenue was raised under each income tax band, and what proportion each amount represents of the total income tax take, broken down by each financial year since the introduction of the Scottish Rate of Income Tax to 2022-23.
Answer
Control over the rates and bands of non-savings non-dividends income tax has been devolved to the Scottish Parliament since 2017-18.
His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publish Outturn statistics annually, showing the revenue raised from Scottish Income Tax for the tax year prior. These statistics show revenue raised from taxpayers at their highest marginal rate, that is, the Income Tax band that a taxpayer would pay their next pound of Income Tax into.
Outturn statistics from 2016-17 to 2020-21 are available on the UK Government website, with the most recently available publication being found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/scottish-income-tax-outturn-statistics-2020-to-2021/scottish-income-tax-outturn-statistics-2020-to-2021.
For figures relating to 2021-22 and 2022-23, the Scottish Fiscal Commission (SFC) are responsible for forecasting Scottish Income Tax revenue. The SFC do not currently publish a breakdown of this forecast in terms of revenue raised by taxpayers at their highest marginal rate.
The next Outturn publication is expected to be in July 2023, and will outline the revenue raised by marginal rate by band for the tax year 2021-22. Figures for 2022-23 will be available in Summer 2024.
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Graeme Dey on 9 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the total number of students is that attended a Scottish further education college, in each year since 2007.
Answer
Information on the number of students attending a college in Scotland is published by the Scottish Funding Council. The latest publication contains a 10 year timeseries.
College Statistics 2021-22 (sfc.ac.uk)
Due to a recent methodology change, a timeseries isn’t available back to 2007. The below table provides a consistent timeseries of student headcount, enrolments and full-time equivalent figures back to 2007.
Academic Year | Headcount | Enrolments | Full-time Equivalent |
2006-07 | 354,152 | 468,155 | 129,378 |
2007-08 | 368,717 | 489,610 | 131,423 |
2008-09 | 364,998 | 483,472 | 133,374 |
2009-10 | 338,223 | 438,522 | 134,918 |
2010-11 | 298,578 | 383,005 | 134,547 |
2011-12 | 252,132 | 320,646 | 133,199 |
2012-13 | 238,758 | 297,586 | 131,421 |
2013-14 | 238,371 | 299,828 | 132,942 |
2014-15 | 226,898 | 297,011 | 131,619 |
2015-16 | 226,795 | 281,051 | 129,500 |
2016-17 | 235,187 | 291,849 | 132,493 |
2017-18 | 242,488 | 303,115 | 131,953 |
2018-19 | 264,858 | 328,889 | 129,821 |
2019-20 | 239,004 | 302,092 | 127,683 |
2020-21 | 213,135 | 277,620 | 128,559 |
2021-22 | 236,730 | 322,332 | 129,175 |
Source: Scottish Funding Council
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom Arthur on 9 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what projections there are of how much will be raised under each income tax band in 2023-24, based on the tax bands introduced in the Scottish Budget 2023-24.
Answer
The Scottish Fiscal Commission are responsible for producing independent forecasts of Scottish Income Tax for the Scottish Budget. Their most recent forecasts published in December 2022 does not include a breakdown of this forecast in terms of revenue raised by taxpayers at their highest marginal rate.
The Scottish Government estimates that the Income Tax policy changes announced, for 2023-24 alone, will add £519 million to the Scottish Budget.
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 April 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 4 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the social care staff vacancy rate is in each local authority area across Scotland.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S6O-02113 on 19 April 2023 and can be found at: Meeting of the Parliament: 19/04/2023 | Scottish Parliament Website .
The Scottish Government does not hold this data, however it is collected by the Scottish Social Services Council and can be found in their annual data report here .
