- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 June 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 30 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many schools have aluminium composite cladding panels installed, and what information it has on other buildings that have had these panels installed.
Answer
I wrote to all local authorities on 24 June 2017 to seek assurances about external cladding systems used in school buildings. As we are still awaiting response, I will respond in full after recess.
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 29 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the school attendance rates of (a) looked-after children who live (i) at home and (ii) elsewhere and (b) all other children in each of the last 10 years.
Answer
This data has only been available for looked after children since 2009-10 - it is published in the annual Education Outcomes for Looked After Children official statistics release.
Furthermore, there are two populations of looked after children for the purposes of this publication. We normally focus on children who were looked after for the whole year in which they left school rather than those who were looked after for only part of the year - this is the basis of the headline figures in the publication, so are presented here.
The overall attendance figures come from Summary Statistics for Schools in Scotland.
Data on attendance is now published biennially.
These figures are also duplicated in the background note for clarity.
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School attendance - LAC at home and others
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2007-08
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2008-09
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2009-10
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2010-11
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2012-13
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2014-15
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LAC at home only
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-
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-
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78.6
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79.1
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81.7
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81.7
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LAC elsewhere or in multiple placements
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-
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-
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91.7
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92.1
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93.5
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93.6
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All LAC
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-
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-
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87.7
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88.6
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90.8
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91.6
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All pupils
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93.2
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93.3
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93.2
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93.1
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93.6
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93.7
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Sources:
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LAC data from 'Education Outcomes for Looked After Children 2014-15'
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Overal data from 'Summary statistics for schools in Scotland - No. 6: 2015 Edition'
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- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 June 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 29 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many clerks of work there have been in each local authority in each of the last 10 years.
Answer
This information is not held by the Scottish Government. Each local authority should be contacted for this information.
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 June 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 29 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how much each local authority has allocated to fund training courses for building control officers in each of the last 10 years.
Answer
This information is not held by the Scottish Government. Each local authority should be contacted for this information.
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 June 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 29 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason a recent bonus payment of £2,000 has been made to prison officers in certain grades and not in others or to Scottish Prison Service civil servants, and what changes there were in the role of the officers who received the payment.
Answer
The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has been clear that the payments that have been made to Prison Officers are connected to their continuing engagement with the process of transformational change. This change will deliver a new operating model which it is anticipated will see Prison Officers recognised as Justice Professionals.
The reform underway within SPS will require greater flexibility from frontline Prison Officers and a willingness to acquire new specialist skills and undertake new training and qualifications. The payments are being made in recognition that the effect of that change will be disproportionally felt by that staff group.
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 June 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 29 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many building control officers there have been in each local authority in each of the last 10 years, also broken down by the number of each type of building that have responsibility for.
Answer
This information is not held by the Scottish Government. Each local authority should be contacted for this information.
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 June 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 29 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-24492 by Michael Matheson on 3 March 2015, in light of the comment provided in the response by the chief executive of the Scottish Prison Service that the "one off payment for prison officers is made in recognition of a specific set of circumstances unique to their frontline", for what reason similar payments were subsequently made in 2017 and are planned for 2018.
Answer
When the first payment was made in 2015 it was anticipated that the change process would be completed within a 2 year time frame. This has not proved possible because of the extent of the work that was required to inform the development of a model.
It has taken SPS longer than anticipated and at this point in time, we anticipate that the final delivery of the model is still some 2 years off.
SPS has been very clear that the payments that have been made to frontline Prison Officers are connected to their continuing engagement with the process of transformational change. These payments are made in recognition that the effect of that change will be disproportionally felt by that staff group.
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 June 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 29 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many building (a) warrants and (b) completion certificates have been issued by each local authority in each of the last 10 years.
Answer
The Scottish Government has only been collecting information on the numbers of building warrants granted and completion certificates accepted since 2009-10. This information is provided by local authority in the following tables.
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LOCAL AUTHORITY
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NUMBER OF BUILDING WARRANTS GRANTED
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2009-10
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2010-11
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2011-12
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2012-13
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2013-14
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2014-15
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2015-16
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2016-17
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Aberdeen City
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1,977
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1,811
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1,661
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1,719
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1,891
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1,857
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1,985
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1,408
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Aberdeenshire
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2,777
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2,570
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2,359
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2,138
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2,220
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2,552
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2,352
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2,107
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Angus
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1,342
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1,164
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915
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843
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868
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804
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967
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772
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Argyll & Bute
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1,315
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978
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999
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1,190
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866
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879
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857
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880
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City of Edinburgh
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4,599
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3,639
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3,436
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3,291
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3,374
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2,915
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3,542
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3,491
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Clackmannanshire
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440
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291
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313
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271
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266
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287
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269
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267
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Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
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359
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296
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240
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253
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300
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285
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272
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244
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Dumfries & Galloway
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2,212
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1,340
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1,843
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1,759
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1,739
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1,420
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1,328
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1,203
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Dundee City
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711
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629
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807
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370
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909
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554
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514
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766
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East Ayrshire
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1,150
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1,044
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844
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789
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827
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1,028
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939
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885
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East Dunbartonshire
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1,133
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748
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800
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882
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912
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1,630
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1,026
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1,099
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East Lothian
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1,022
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816
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763
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691
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741
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696
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724
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773
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East Renfrewshire
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975
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713
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705
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751
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700
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795
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837
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771
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Falkirk
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1,156
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861
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808
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800
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728
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794
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811
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778
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Fife
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3,405
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2,593
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2,438
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2,152
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2,121
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2,017
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2,136
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2,190
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Glasgow City
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2,619
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1,910
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2,134
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2,125
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2,068
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2,069
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2,233
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2,411
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Highland
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3,219
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2,855
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2,721
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2,484
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2,519
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2,646
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2,786
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2,983
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Inverclyde
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541
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374
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363
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353
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317
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383
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351
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353
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Midlothian
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777
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671
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408
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543
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396
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506
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563
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552
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Moray
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849
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726
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689
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637
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624
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638
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620
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612
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North Ayrshire
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1,662
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1,772
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1,569
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1,302
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1,594
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890
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1,057
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762
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North Lanarkshire
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1,595
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1,826
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1,268
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1,232
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1,317
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1,235
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1,364
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1,335
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Orkney
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283
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342
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313
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260
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276
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247
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290
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281
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Perth & Kinross
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2,059
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1,830
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1,243
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1,133
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1,179
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1,157
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1,247
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1,305
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Renfrewshire
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1,293
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895
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1,130
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1,227
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1,191
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1,170
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1,024
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1,090
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Scottish Borders
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1,211
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1,201
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906
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840
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891
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848
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817
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985
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Shetland Islands
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250
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224
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240
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77
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176
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270
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176
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182
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South Ayrshire
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1,285
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978
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1,091
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955
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769
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901
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786
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978
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South Lanarkshire
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2,492
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2,089
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1,720
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1,603
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2,373
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1,823
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1,914
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1,903
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Stirling
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874
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881
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766
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798
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717
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729
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841
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778
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West Dunbartonshire
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577
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588
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412
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356
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0
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413
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491
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413
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West Lothian
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1,712
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1,159
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1,131
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1,006
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952
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951
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969
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1,010
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SCOTLAND
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47,871
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39,814
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37,035
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34,830
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35,821
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35,389
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36,088
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35,567
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LOCAL AUTHORITY
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NUMBER OF COMPLETION CERTIFICATE SUBMISSIONS ACCEPTED
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2009-10
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2010-11
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2011-12
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2012-13
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2013-14
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2014-15
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2015-16
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2016-17
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Aberdeen City
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1,173
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1,704
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1,784
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1,757
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1,858
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1,642
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2,188
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2,016
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Aberdeenshire
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3,331
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3,110
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3,181
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2,756
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2,735
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2,929
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2,980
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2,720
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Angus
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1,211
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1,409
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1,189
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974
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1,201
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1,012
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890
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809
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Argyll & Bute
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819
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744
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746
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1,159
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1,024
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904
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685
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1,115
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City of Edinburgh
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3,951
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4,219
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3,839
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3,419
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4,344
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3,034
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6,676
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7,470
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Clackmannanshire
|
429
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294
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275
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259
|
212
|
396
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285
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362
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Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
|
358
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319
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322
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263
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309
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267
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259
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224
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Dumfries & Galloway
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1,600
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1,698
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1,358
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1
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1,318
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1,311
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1,075
|
834
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Dundee City
|
959
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1,102
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702
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1,045
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814
|
675
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1,340
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1,946
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East Ayrshire
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919
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1,436
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994
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1,104
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1,027
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1,354
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1,325
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1,367
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East Dunbartonshire
|
821
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597
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510
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1,396
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573
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1,409
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926
|
884
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East Lothian
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1,212
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1,307
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1,157
|
884
|
940
|
683
|
421
|
818
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East Renfrewshire
|
909
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860
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988
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886
|
779
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810
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1,000
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1,039
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Falkirk
|
1,114
|
1,081
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1,023
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1,072
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1,001
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1,163
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1,022
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1,474
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Fife
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3,304
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2,806
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2,544
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2,559
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2,371
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2,336
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2,823
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2,810
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Glasgow City
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4,324
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3,971
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3,618
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3,246
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2,275
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3,042
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2,753
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3,011
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Highland
|
2,602
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2,881
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2,732
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2,309
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2,416
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2,667
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2,934
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3,066
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Inverclyde
|
710
|
517
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638
|
433
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416
|
503
|
1,102
|
375
|
|
Midlothian
|
1,362
|
963
|
852
|
838
|
1,133
|
752
|
1,128
|
1,370
|
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Moray
|
745
|
938
|
916
|
874
|
694
|
767
|
823
|
1,230
|
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North Ayrshire
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1,945
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1,354
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1,302
|
949
|
1,703
|
1,767
|
1,121
|
1,069
|
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North Lanarkshire
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2,001
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1,032
|
1,146
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1,142
|
1,216
|
1,611
|
1,332
|
1,398
|
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Orkney
|
357
|
356
|
427
|
336
|
324
|
274
|
272
|
327
|
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Perth & Kinross
|
2,214
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1,330
|
1,691
|
1,424
|
1,412
|
1,276
|
1,604
|
1,508
|
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Renfrewshire
|
1,672
|
1,069
|
1,072
|
1,137
|
1,385
|
1,414
|
1,422
|
1,511
|
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Scottish Borders
|
1,769
|
1,688
|
1,256
|
1,208
|
1,279
|
1,485
|
1,350
|
1,338
|
|
Shetland Islands
|
215
|
201
|
162
|
74
|
210
|
173
|
137
|
246
|
|
South Ayrshire
|
1,586
|
878
|
1,105
|
676
|
911
|
608
|
905
|
1,037
|
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South Lanarkshire
|
2,296
|
2,088
|
2,104
|
2,105
|
2,322
|
2,800
|
2,390
|
2,660
|
|
Stirling
|
678
|
635
|
579
|
563
|
760
|
710
|
1,064
|
909
|
|
West Dunbartonshire
|
518
|
503
|
394
|
382
|
0
|
447
|
556
|
387
|
|
West Lothian
|
1,636
|
1,285
|
1,138
|
1,172
|
1,289
|
1,633
|
1,510
|
1,995
|
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SCOTLAND
|
48,740
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44,375
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41,744
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38,402
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40,251
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41,854
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46,298
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49,325
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- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 April 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 11 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, what its position is on whether the 2017-18 guidance issued to the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) by the Minister for Further Education, Higher Education and Science on 30 March 2017 reflects a narrowing of the focus of the SFC to prioritise on issues within the remit of the new strategic board following phase one of the Skills and Enterprise review.
Answer
This year’s letter of guidance clearly sets out Ministers’ priorities for the HE and FE sectors and the process is no different from previous years.
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 April 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 11 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Minister for Economy, Jobs and Fair Work on 20 March 2017, (Official Report, c. 82), to whom the chair of the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) will be accountable under the new enterprise and skills governance structure; what role the new strategic board will have in directing the SFC's activities with regard to (a) promoting knowledge exchanges between universities and business, (b) developing graduates' skills and capabilities, (c) promoting excellence in teaching and research, (d) promoting access to higher education and (e) overseeing the financial sustainability and good governance of higher education, and how it will ensure that the priorities of the board do not supplant those of the SFC.
Answer
The Chair of the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) will remain accountable to Scottish Ministers. The Ministerial Letter of Guidance to the SFC sets out the SG’s priorities for the SFC and the SFC will continue to be held to account against this framework. Following the creation of a Strategic Board for enterprise and skills, the new board will have responsibility for the development of a Strategic Plan for the enterprise and skills bodies, which will be approved by Ministers.
