- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 27 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many students have undertaken teacher training courses since 2000, broken down by (a) institution and (b) year of study.
Answer
The following table shows how many students entered four year Bachelor of Education (BEd) and one year full-time and two year part-time Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) courses, by institution in each year since 2004-05.
BEd and PGDE Intakes
University | Academic Year |
2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
Aberdeen | 441 | 551 | 555 | 479 | 553 |
Dundee | 237 | 311 | 344 | 273 | 321 |
Edinburgh | 698 | 889 | 878 | 811 | 768 |
Glasgow | 636 | 785 | 796 | 712 | 751 |
Stirling | - | - | - | - | 34 |
Strathclyde | 1,040 | 1,381 | 1,411 | 1,179 | 1,204 |
West of Scotland | 262 | 334 | 350 | 317 | 330 |
Total | 3,314 | 4,251 | 4,334 | 3,771 | 3,961 |
Notes:
1. Information available shows intake numbers to BEd and PGDE course.
2. BEd primary courses not offered at Stirling University prior to 2008-09.
3. Open University offer a PGDE maths (five to 10 places have been available). No returns have been received confirming numbers each year on the course.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 11 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities have fully implemented the Disabled Persons’ Parking Places (Scotland) Act 2009.
Answer
The implementation of the Disabled Persons'' Parking Places (Scotland) Act 2009 is a matter for local authorities, not the Scottish Government.
The provisions of the act state that local authorities have until 30 September 2010 to initiate the statutory process for disabled parking spaces that they wish to make enforceable, and to remove those advisory disabled spaces that are no longer needed. In 2011, local authorities must report to Scottish ministers outlining their completed implementation process and then on an annual basis thereafter.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 10 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many probationer teachers have found placements with (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each year since 2006, broken down by (i) local authority and (ii) school.
Answer
The following table shows the number of probationers allocated to each local authority as part of the teacher induction scheme.
Information is not held centrally about the relatively small numbers of probationers who are not involved in the teacher induction scheme. Neither is information held centrally about the schools to which probationers are assigned by local authorities.
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary |
Aberdeen City | 56 | 64 | 50 | 72 | 3 | 20 | 51 | 27 |
Aberdeenshire | 59 | 60 | 66 | 52 | 100 | 60 | 110 | 52 |
Angus | 40 | 32 | 40 | 33 | 42 | 25 | 47 | 33 |
Argyll and Bute | 31 | 16 | 32 | 16 | 29 | 19 | 22 | 10 |
Clackmannanshire | 19 | 21 | 23 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 25 | 16 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 24 | 35 | 30 | 29 | 56 | 31 | 42 | 21 |
Dundee City | 53 | 47 | 44 | 39 | 41 | 31 | 27 | 32 |
East Ayrshire | 49 | 51 | 46 | 50 | 43 | 29 | 58 | 42 |
East Dunbartonshire | 24 | 26 | 45 | 36 | 36 | 35 | 49 | 32 |
East Lothian | 58 | 44 | 40 | 42 | 47 | 37 | 56 | 33 |
East Renfrewshire | 59 | 85 | 49 | 76 | 49 | 49 | 56 | 55 |
Edinburgh City | 138 | 96 | 128 | 89 | 118 | 84 | 113 | 71 |
Eilean Siar | 8 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
Falkirk | 56 | 63 | 59 | 44 | 69 | 36 | 75 | 31 |
Fife | 87 | 90 | 123 | 86 | 122 | 85 | 122 | 69 |
Glasgow | 161 | 152 | 141 | 116 | 134 | 89 | 139 | 122 |
Highland | 67 | 57 | 64 | 62 | 61 | 45 | 73 | 39 |
Inverclyde | 36 | 38 | 48 | 23 | 32 | 10 | 38 | 7 |
Jordanhill School | | | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Midlothian | 36 | 42 | 40 | 37 | 38 | 37 | 41 | 24 |
Moray | 23 | 26 | 30 | 18 | 28 | 22 | 34 | 13 |
North Ayrshire | 48 | 60 | 44 | 54 | 53 | 49 | 39 | 32 |
North Lanarkshire | 144 | 132 | 149 | 126 | 126 | 94 | 130 | 68 |
Orkney | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
Perth and Kinross | 49 | 29 | 41 | 33 | 42 | 33 | 40 | 28 |
Renfrewshire | 75 | 82 | 79 | 89 | 86 | 72 | 64 | 61 |
Scottish Borders | 21 | 9 | 37 | 33 | 25 | 15 | 27 | 17 |
Shetland Islands | 13 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 6 |
South Ayrshire | 40 | 39 | 46 | 28 | 40 | 25 | 39 | 18 |
South Lanarkshire | 130 | 118 | 112 | 122 | 130 | 98 | 120 | 83 |
Stirling | 40 | 50 | 35 | 51 | 34 | 37 | 50 | 44 |
West Dunbartonshire | 54 | 48 | 51 | 42 | 51 | 45 | 46 | 31 |
West Lothian | 80 | 67 | 96 | 63 | 98 | 62 | 106 | 50 |
Total | 1,785 | 1,706 | 1,818 | 1,613 | 1,780 | 1,314 | 1,871 | 1,185 |
Overall Total | 3,491 | 3,431 | 3,094 | 3,056 |
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 10 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many teacher training course places it has funded in each year since 2006.
Answer
The following table shows the number of Bachelor of Education (four year BEd) and Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (one year PGDE) course places funded by the Scottish Funding Council through its main teaching grant in the General Fund for Universities and those over baseline numbers which are funded separately by the Scottish Government.
Total Full-Time Equivalent BEd and PGDE Student Places, 2006-07 to 2009-10
Academic Year | Scottish Funding Council Funded Places | Scottish Government Funded Places | Total |
2006-07 | 4,327 | 2,055 | 6,382 |
2007-08 | 4,407 | 1,255 | 5,662 |
2008-09 | 4,396 | 1,709 | 6,105 |
2009-10 | 4,449 | 1,742 | 6,191 |
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 10 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many trainee teachers have entered their probationary year in each year since 2006.
Answer
Upon satisfactory completion of their courses of initial teacher education student teachers are eligible for provisional registration with the General Teaching Council for Scotland and are required to complete a period of probation; most, but not all, opt to join the one year teacher induction scheme but this is not obligatory.
The following table provides relevant data.
Year | No. of Graduating Student Teachers Granted Provisional Registration | No. of Students/Probationers Entering the Teacher Induction Scheme |
2006 | 3,907 | 3,491 |
2007 | 3,968 | 3,431 |
2008 | 3,509 | 3,094 |
2009 | 3,439 | 3,056 |
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 10 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school teachers have been made redundant in each year since 2006, broken down by (i) local authority and (ii) school.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 4 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many students have been refused a place in university-provided student accommodation due to overcrowding in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) university and (b) year of study.
Answer
This information is not held centrally. University provided student accommodation is under the control of individual institutions.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 4 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many students are eligible for a full young student bursary.
Answer
Based on information on background income, student characteristics, course type and study location, it is estimated that in academic year 2007-08 around 20,800 students were eligible for the maximum young student''s bursary (YSB).
This estimate is based on funding rules for 2007-08 and includes all students who were receiving the maximum YSB payment of £2,510.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 4 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many students are eligible for the full amount of income assessed loan.
Answer
It is estimated that around 15,300 students in academic year 2007-08 were potentially eligible to receive all of their support via student loan. These students could potentially draw on loan support up to the maximum loan amount, which varies depending upon residential and individual study circumstances.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 October 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 3 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to help house students eligible for university-provided student accommodation who have been refused a place due to overcrowding.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3O-08248 on 29 October, which is available on the Parliament''s website and can be found at:
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