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This is an operational matter for Scottish Water. I have asked the chief executive to reply to your enquiry directly.

All teachers in Scotland are required to effectively identify and respond appropriately to pupils with difficulties in, or barriers to, learning and seek advice in relation to their child protection and additional support needs which may include English as an additional language. This is reflected in The Standard for Full Registration (the baseline professional standard which applies to all teachers registered with the General Teaching Council for Scotland).

Count Us In published September 2009, an HM Inspectorate of Education report into the educational experiences of New Scots, looked at the impact of the numbers of newly-arrived children and young people from migrant families on education services. The task involved a survey of all 32 local authorities and direct fieldwork with 12 local authorities and identified areas of particular challenge and examples of good practice.

Learning in 2+ :languages was produced by SEALCC and the Centre for Education of Racial Equality in Scotland (CERES) to help all staff in educational establishments better to understand the strengths and development needs of bilingual learners and to address them more effectively within the mainstream classroom.

Scottish ministers meet regularly with Glasgow City Council to discuss a wide range of issues. While there have been no meetings specifically on the subject of English as an additional language, officials are due to meet representatives of Glasgow City Council on 13 October 2010, which will include discussion on English as an additional language.

The Scottish Government recognises that the matter of the size of bilingual class is worthy of individual consideration and included a question about this in a recent wider ranging consultation exercise on class sizes. Responses to the consultation are currently under consideration and an announcement will be made shortly.

While the issue of English as an additional language was not part of the recent consultation on whether regulations should be introduced to set a statutory maximum of 25 for P1 classes it was raised by some respondents. The Scottish Government is currently considering all the responses to the consultation exercise and an announcement will be made shortly.

Scottish Government officials meet regularly with Glasgow City Council to discuss a wide range of issues. Officials have not met representatives specifically on the subject of pupils with English as an additional language, however, there is a meeting scheduled to take place on 13 October 2010, which will include a discussion on English as an additional language.

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The following tables provide information on total overnight visits to Scotland by overseas residents in each year since 2001, however as explained in the footnote, Scottish figures for 2005 onwards cannot be directly compared to earlier data.

Visits to Scotland by Overseas Residents, 2001-04 (000)

	2001	2002	2003	2004
North America	514	504	501	555
Europe	800	768	764	970
Rest of World	276	309	300	356
Total	1,589	1,581	1,565	1,881

Source: International Passenger Survey (IPS), Prestwick not included as sampling point.

Visits to Scotland by Overseas Residents, 2005-09 (000)

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009P
North America	525	636	541	456	455
Europe	1,502	1,667	1,900	1,720	1,716
Rest of World	365	429	350	315	386
Total	2,392	2,732	2,791	2,492	2,557

Source: International Passenger Survey (IPS), Prestwick included as sampling point.

Notes:

1. 2009 figures are provisional

2. In 2005, the Office for National Statistics changed the methodology of the International Passenger Survey by adding Prestwick and Liverpool airports as survey sampling points. This did not change the total UK estimates, but had a significant effect on the Scottish figures. For this reason, Scottish figures for 2005 onwards cannot be directly compared to earlier data.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-34170 on 17 June 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-34170 on 17 June 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.