Question reference: S5W-03760
- Date lodged: 13 October 2016
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 October 2016
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many secondary school home economics (a) teachers and (b) students there have been in each year since 2007, broken down by local authority.
Answer
How many secondary school home economic (a) teachers there have been in each year since 2007, broken down by local authority can be found in the Scottish Government's published teacher census supplementary tables 8.9 http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/teachcenssuppdata and historical datasets: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/PubTeacherCensus and is shown in this table:
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Table 8.9: Secondary school teachers where main subject taught is 'Home Economics' |
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2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
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Aberdeen City |
32 |
29 |
27 |
25 |
25 |
24 |
24 |
23 |
24 |
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Aberdeenshire |
42 |
36 |
40 |
37 |
35 |
34 |
35 |
35 |
35 |
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Angus |
28 |
28 |
26 |
25 |
25 |
23 |
27 |
23 |
23 |
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Argyll & Bute |
21 |
23 |
21 |
20 |
18 |
19 |
16 |
16 |
15 |
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Clackmannanshire |
11 |
9 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
9 |
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Dumfries & Galloway |
36 |
40 |
35 |
35 |
32 |
32 |
30 |
34 |
29 |
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Dundee City |
30 |
29 |
28 |
25 |
28 |
29 |
28 |
26 |
29 |
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East Ayrshire |
26 |
27 |
25 |
24 |
24 |
20 |
22 |
19 |
18 |
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East Dunbartonshire |
22 |
23 |
22 |
21 |
22 |
21 |
21 |
22 |
22 |
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East Lothian |
10 |
17 |
17 |
16 |
15 |
16 |
16 |
14 |
15 |
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East Renfrewshire |
18 |
18 |
19 |
21 |
19 |
19 |
20 |
19 |
19 |
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Edinburgh, City of |
56 |
62 |
61 |
58 |
59 |
54 |
52 |
57 |
53 |
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Eilean Siar |
9 |
9 |
9 |
8 |
8 |
9 |
9 |
8 |
9 |
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Falkirk |
31 |
29 |
30 |
28 |
31 |
30 |
27 |
28 |
28 |
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Fife |
70 |
65 |
59 |
53 |
57 |
56 |
58 |
61 |
59 |
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Glasgow City |
79 |
81 |
78 |
79 |
78 |
74 |
70 |
63 |
66 |
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Highland |
47 |
48 |
47 |
44 |
38 |
37 |
38 |
33 |
34 |
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Inverclyde |
19 |
18 |
17 |
16 |
15 |
17 |
16 |
15 |
12 |
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Midlothian |
20 |
18 |
19 |
17 |
16 |
16 |
17 |
17 |
15 |
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Moray |
22 |
21 |
18 |
19 |
18 |
19 |
18 |
18 |
16 |
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North Ayrshire |
29 |
28 |
25 |
23 |
23 |
21 |
21 |
21 |
19 |
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North Lanarkshire |
88 |
80 |
76 |
75 |
73 |
69 |
72 |
66 |
60 |
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Orkney Islands |
6 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
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Perth & Kinross |
26 |
29 |
25 |
25 |
27 |
27 |
25 |
28 |
27 |
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Renfrewshire |
34 |
30 |
29 |
28 |
27 |
27 |
26 |
25 |
26 |
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Scottish Borders |
27 |
22 |
22 |
23 |
22 |
21 |
22 |
20 |
20 |
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Shetland Islands |
9 |
9 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
7 |
6 |
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South Ayrshire |
24 |
25 |
26 |
24 |
24 |
23 |
21 |
21 |
22 |
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South Lanarkshire |
47 |
55 |
55 |
55 |
55 |
56 |
57 |
57 |
54 |
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Stirling |
16 |
14 |
13 |
12 |
13 |
12 |
13 |
11 |
13 |
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West Dunbartonshire |
22 |
21 |
19 |
20 |
18 |
16 |
16 |
16 |
16 |
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West Lothian |
34 |
35 |
31 |
31 |
31 |
34 |
32 |
28 |
28 |
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All local authorities |
990 |
988 |
943 |
908 |
896 |
875 |
870 |
845 |
825 |
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Grant aided |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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(1) Excludes head teachers and depute head teachers. |
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How many secondary school home economic (b) students there have been in each year since 2007, broken down by local authority is not collected. However, the SQA website http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/64717.4239.html. has information on exam entries to each subject as well as grades and passes and historical data back to 2007 is at: http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/57518.4241.html which may be of interest.