Questions and answers

Question reference: S6W-17298

Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 11 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what data social care providers are required to provide to allow service users to assess performance of (a) integration joint boards, (b) local authorities and (c) private social care providers.

Integration Authorities (IAs) are required to prepare and publish an annual performance report to demonstrate performance against the national health and wellbeing outcomes. In order to demonstrate performance, IAs use the core suite of integration indicators which includes a measure of the proportion of care services graded ‘good’ (4) or better in Care Inspectorate inspections.

All social care services, including those provided by local authorities, are regulated and inspected by the Care Inspectorate. The results of these inspections are published on the Care Inspectorate’s website.

Social care providers also provide a range of information which is used to collate publications of official statistics by the Scottish Government and Public Health Scotland (PHS). Scottish Government official statistics are available via the following link Health and social care analysis - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) . This includes Free Personal and Nursing Care, Social Care Eligibility and Waiting Times, and Carers Census statistics. PHS official statistics releases include: Insights in Social Care, the Scottish Care Home Census, Delayed Discharges and Care at Home Demand ( Publications - Public Health Scotland ).

Question reference: S6W-17299

Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 11 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what social care data are (a) integration joint boards (IJBs), (b) local authorities and (c) NHS Scotland required to report to allow service users to compare performance between IJBs.

The Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”) obliges Integration Authorities to publish an annual performance report setting out an assessment of performance in planning and carrying out the integration functions for which they are responsible. The content of these reports is prescribed in the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Content of Performance Reports) Regulations 2014 which states that the reports must include an assessment of performance in relation to the national health and wellbeing outcomes.

Under the 2014 Act, the Health Board and the local authority must provide such information as the Integration Authority might reasonably require for the purposes of preparing a performance report to the Integration Joint Board or the authority as appropriate to the model of integration chosen.

Question reference: S6W-17103

Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 11 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of how much the Scottish Child Payment would need to be equal to in order to meet the (a) interim child poverty target for 2023-24 and (b) child poverty target for 2030-31.

With limited powers and a constrained budget the Scottish Government has already increased Scottish Child Payment by 150% in less than 8 months over 2022. Since its extension to under 16s in November 2022, 385,000 children are now eligible for the benefit.

As part of 'Best Start, Bright Futures', the Scottish Government published a Cumulative Impact Assessment in March 2022, estimating the impact in 2023-24 of a range of policies designed to reduce child poverty. This included lifting an estimated 50,000 children out of poverty in Scotland in 2023-24 through the Scottish Child Payment at £25 per week per child, a five percentage point reduction in relative child poverty.

The context for those policies has changed since this analysis was published, with a constantly moving, uncertain economic outlook, and a series of policy announcements, retractions, and further announcements by the UK Government.

The Scottish Government will publish the annual progress report on child poverty, covering the period 2022-23, by the end of June. This will set out progress in implementing 'Best Start, Bright Futures', the Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan: 2022-26, and against the ambitious targets set through the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017.

Question reference: S6W-17095

Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 10 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 further education college, in each year since 2007.

Table 1 below provides the gross teaching funding allocations per Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) place in college in cash and real terms (2022-23 prices), since 2007-08. Please note that data between the periods of 2007-08 to 2012-13 and 2013-14 to 2022-23 are not directly comparable due to a change in methodology of how FTEs in college were calculated.

Table 1: Gross teaching funding per College Place (FTE), cash and real terms (2022-23 prices), 2007-08 to 2022-23
Year	Cash terms	Real terms (2022-23 prices)
2007-08	£4,046	£5,621
2008-09	£4,219	£5,658
2009-10	£4,293	£5,681
2010-11	£4,289	£5,583
2011-12	£4,138	£5,292
2012-13	£4,012	£5,043
Break in series
2013-14	£4,043	£4,979
2014-15	£4,029	£4,908
2015-16	£4,024	£4,863
2016-17	£4,092	£4,846
2017-18	£4,196	£4,887
2018-19	£4,539	£5,194
2019-20	£4,665	£5,203
2020-21	£4,878	£5,120
2021-22	£4,952	£5,233
2022-23	£5,054	£5,054

Source: Scottish Government analysis of Scottish Funding Council (SFC) and HM Treasury deflator series (March 2023) data.

Notes:

1. Gross teaching funding per college place in each year is derived by taking gross funding over the total number of FTE places.

2. Gross teaching funding includes core and European Social Fund (ESF) funding and an external fees element consisting of Student Award Agency Scotland (SAAS), Skills Development Scotland (SDS), employers’ and students paying their own tuition fees for SFC funded programmes

3. In AY 2015-16 SFC moved college funding to a credits based system, rather than WSUMS. It is assumed that 15 credits = 1 FTE.

Question reference: S6W-17097

Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 10 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many participants completed a (a) modern, (b) graduate and (c) foundation apprenticeship programme, in each year since the scheme was introduced.

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 completed their apprenticeship, known in the published reports below as ‘achievement rate’, 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.

Question reference: S6W-17099

Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 10 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the average real terms spending, based on current prices, was for a participant undertaking a (a) modern, (b) graduate and (c) foundation apprenticeship programme, in each year since the scheme was introduced.

Question reference: S6W-17098

Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
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.

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.

Question reference: S6W-17094

Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
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.

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
Year	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
Year	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.

Question reference: S6W-17104

Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
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.

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 .

Question reference: S6W-17091

Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
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.

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.

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