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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S5O-02158

Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 May 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 31 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what support is available to farmers to prevent river bank erosion.

Question reference: S5W-16293

Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 30 April 2018
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 10 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how much each local authority has spent on community transport in each of the last three years.

Question reference: S5W-15826

Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 April 2018
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 24 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many probationer teachers have been placed in each of the last three years, also broken down by local authority.

The Scottish Government works closely with the General Teaching Council for Scotland to administer the Teacher Induction Scheme and allocate eligible probationer teachers to every Local Authority each year.

The following table indicates the total number of probationers placed in each Local Authority for the last three years:

Local Authority	2015	2016	2017
ABERDEEN	87	89	95
ABERDEENSHIRE	156	140	159
ANGUS	58	48	58
ARGYLL & BUTE	18	21	28
CLACKMANNANSHIRE	29	40	26
DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY	74	78	97
DUNDEE	66	71	80
EAST AYRSHIRE	61	41	73
EAST DUNBARTONSHIRE	78	99	119
EAST LOTHIAN	77	57	69
EAST RENFREWSHIRE	91	92	86
EDINBURGH	165	170	159
FALKIRK	97	97	108
FIFE	181	194	225
GLASGOW	230	238	238
HIGHLAND	120	131	145
INVERCLYDE	29	30	36
MIDLOTHIAN	51	50	46
MORAY	39	37	37
NORTH AYRSHIRE	54	62	79
NORTH LANARKSHIRE	155	156	216
ORKNEY ISLANDS	12	14	10
PERTH & KINROSS	62	60	68
RENFREWSHIRE	90	110	102
SCOTTISH BORDERS	31	26	32
SHETLAND ISLANDS	10	9	7
SOUTH AYRSHIRE	51	57	56
SOUTH LANARKSHIRE	177	195	191
STIRLING	49	70	67
WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE	58	60	63
WEST LOTHIAN	76	80	93
WESTERN ISLES	12	13	17
TOTALS	2544	2635	2885

Question reference: S5W-15825

Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 April 2018
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 24 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many probationer teachers have been retained following their probationer year in each of the last three years, also broken down by local authority.

In September 2016 there were 2,630 probationer teachers working in publicly funded schools in Scotland. Of these teachers, 2,326 (88%) were still working in publicly funded schools in Scotland in 2017.

Probationer and Post Probationer Teachers in Publicly Funded Schools in Scotland

	2014 Cohort		2015 Cohort		2016 Cohort
	Probationers	Post-Probationers	Probationers	Post-Probationers	Probationers	Post-Probationers
Aberdeen City	83	70	85	74	90	82
Aberdeenshire	141	124	157	140	139	121
Angus	51	45	57	54	48	42
Argyll & Bute	21	17	18	17	21	19
Clackmannanshire	29	22	28	28	39	31

Dumfries & Galloway	64	52	74	60	78	71
Dundee City	57	55	65	60	72	61
East Ayrshire	49	41	61	56	41	39
East Dunbartonshire	77	65	78	66	99	85
East Lothian	59	52	76	64	57	47

East Renfrewshire	94	79	91	70	91	83
Edinburgh City	137	108	163	135	170	128
Na h-Eileanan Siar	8	7	12	12	13	13
Falkirk	91	85	95	85	97	89
Fife	158	138	179	160	192	169

Glasgow City	240	205	229	195	239	214
Highland	109	86	119	97	130	120
Inverclyde	33	25	29	24	30	26
Midlothian	44	39	51	46	49	44
Moray	49	43	38	35	37	33

North Ayrshire	52	46	53	51	63	60
North Lanarkshire	149	137	153	134	155	143
Orkney Islands	11	7	12	10	14	9
Perth & Kinross	66	56	62	50	60	52
Renfrewshire	111	87	89	75	109	98

Scottish Borders	32	28	31	28	26	22
Shetland Islands	11	8	10	9	9	9
South Ayrshire	52	43	49	43	57	48
South Lanarkshire	169	153	178	163	194	183
Stirling	64	53	49	37	70	58

West Dunbartonshire	56	47	55	46	60	54
West Lothian	80	70	76	68	79	71

Grant Maintained	1	1	2	2	2	2

Scotland	2,448	2,094	2,524	2,194	2,630	2,326

Notes:

1. For each cohort, the number of probationers in post in September of that year are shown and then the number who are still working in a publicly funded school in Scotland in the following September. For example the 2016 cohort are teachers who were probationers in September 2016.

2. Post-Probationers are shown in the local authority where they were probationers regardless of where in Scotland they worked after probation.

Question reference: S5T-01019

Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 16 April 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to the workforce of Pinneys in Annan.

Question reference: S5W-15560

Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 22 March 2018
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether (a) the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills or (b) a special adviser cleared the publication of the response to the Freedom of Information (FOI) request, FOI/17/02462, regarding the set up costs of the Named Person scheme.

Question reference: S5W-15563

Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 22 March 2018
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether (a) the Cabinet Secretary for Education Skills or (b) a special adviser cleared the publication of the response to the Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, (i) FOI/17/02966, (ii) FOI//17/02967 and (iii) FOI/17/02968, regarding internal and external correspondence in relation to meetings that it has held.

Question reference: S5W-15564

Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 22 March 2018
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether (a) the Cabinet Secretary for Education Skills or (b) a special adviser cleared the publication of the response to the Freedom of Information (FOI) request, FOI/18/02950, regarding correspondence with Children in Scotland

Question reference: S5W-15566

Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 22 March 2018
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will list each of the organisations that engaged with its officials in October and November 2017 regarding the Children and Young People (Information Sharing) (Scotland) Bill and confirm on what dates the engagements took place.

Officials engaged with the following stakeholders in relation the Information Sharing Bill in October and November.

Stakeholder	When
Scottish Prison Service	3-10-2017
National Implementation Support Group	11-10-2017
Police Scotland	17-10-2017
Centre for Youth and Criminal Justice	19-10-2017
CELCIS	19-10-2017
Children and Young People Commissioner Scotland	19-10-2017
Colleges Scotland	23-10-2017
NATSUWT	24-10-2017
Christian Science	24-10-2017
Draft Statutory Guidance Meeting	25-10-2017
Joint meeting with Aberlour and Barnardo’s	26-10-2017
Scottish Guidance Association	2-10-2017
CELCIS	10-10-2017
Barnardo’s	13-10-2017
Care Inspectorate	18-10-2017
Families Outside	30-10-2017
Coalition of Care Providers Scotland Meeting	2-11-2017
Aberlour	3-11-2017
EIS	7-11-2017
Named Person Service Providers	14-11-2017
Medical Meeting	14-11-2017
Joint Nursing and Midwifery Meeting	23-11-2017
Children in Scotland	10-10-2017
Social Work Scotland	13-10-2017
Children in Scotland	13-10-2017
Children 1 st	13-10-2017
Children in Scotland	31-10-2017

Question reference: S5W-15556

Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 22 March 2018
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the letter to the Education and Skills Committee by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills on 15 March 2018, on what date the engagement with Children in Scotland took place.