- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 22 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of pupils in each local authority area did not attain Level B within the 5-14 attainment targets by the end of primary 6 for (a) reading, (b) writing and (c) mathematics in each year since 1998.
Answer
The following table shows the percentage of pupils in each local authority who did not reach 5-14 attainment Level B or above by the end of primary 6 in the school years 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01 and 2001-02. Results are shown for reading, writing and mathematics separately.The information was obtained from the annual survey of 5-14 attainment levels in publicly funded schools. The results include a small number of pupils where level of attainment was not available.Data collected from Gaelic-medium education establishments are included in the 2001-02 results, but were excluded in previous years due to problems with data definitions and data consistency. Therefore caution should be applied when considering year-on-year comparisons of some local authorities.5-14 Attainment of Pupils in Publicly Funded Schools in Scotland by Local Authority - Percentage of Pupils Not Attaining Level B or Above by End of P6
| Local Authority | Reading% P6 Not Attaining Level B or Above | Writing% P6 Not Attaining Level B or Above |
| 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 |
| Scotland | 6.9% | 4.9% | 4.0% | 3.9% | 11.5% | 8.0% | 6.4% | 6.0% |
| Aberdeen City | 5.0% | 4.6% | 4.4% | 4.2% | 7.8% | 6.2% | 5.8% | 5.2% |
| Aberdeenshire | 3.0% | 3.0% | 3.1% | 2.6% | 5.2% | 4.4% | 4.2% | 3.2% |
| Angus | 6.4% | 4.2% | 4.0% | 3.1% | 8.9% | 6.1% | 7.7% | 5.3% |
| Argyll and Bute | 26.1% | 3.7% | 2.5% | 4.0% | 33.2% | 4.4% | 5.2% | 4.7% |
| Clackmannanshire | 6.1% | 3.9% | 2.5% | 4.3% | 11.9% | 7.9% | 5.9% | 7.6% |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 6.1% | 6.5% | 5.1% | 5.6% | 9.8% | 10.0% | 7.4% | 7.7% |
| Dundee City | 9.2% | 5.9% | 6.7% | 5.5% | 13.9% | 10.9% | 10.0% | 9.2% |
| East Ayrshire | 7.6% | 4.5% | 3.3% | 4.8% | 16.3% | 11.4% | 5.5% | 8.1% |
| East Dunbartonshire | 2.4% | 2.2% | 2.0% | 1.5% | 6.4% | 4.6% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| East Lothian | 5.8% | 3.1% | 3.4% | 3.5% | 9.1% | 5.6% | 5.1% | 4.9% |
| East Renfrewshire | 3.3% | 3.2% | 3.0% | 2.2% | 8.5% | 4.3% | 4.9% | 3.7% |
| Edinburgh City | 7.2% | 5.8% | 4.1% | 4.8% | 10.5% | 7.6% | 6.8% | 6.4% |
| Eilean Siar | 5.0% | 2.0% | 1.4% | 8.3% | 10.7% | 3.0% | 1.4% | 9.6% |
| Falkirk | 6.3% | 4.4% | 3.2% | 2.9% | 8.7% | 5.8% | 4.1% | 3.8% |
| Fife | 7.4% | 6.9% | 4.1% | 4.8% | 12.3% | 12.3% | 7.3% | 7.7% |
| Glasgow City | 7.4% | 6.0% | 5.5% | 4.9% | 16.4% | 10.6% | 8.7% | 8.2% |
| Highland | 7.0% | 5.3% | 4.3% | 4.5% | 9.7% | 6.3% | 5.5% | 5.2% |
| Inverclyde | 5.0% | 3.9% | 3.5% | 3.8% | 9.9% | 7.6% | 8.2% | 7.8% |
| Midlothian | 7.1% | 5.8% | 5.6% | 5.5% | 10.6% | 7.9% | 6.9% | 7.0% |
| Moray | 4.3% | 4.7% | 4.6% | 4.1% | 7.6% | 6.1% | 6.0% | 5.0% |
| North Ayrshire | 6.3% | 4.8% | 4.0% | 3.5% | 9.3% | 9.0% | 6.8% | 6.4% |
| North Lanarkshire | 6.1% | 4.6% | 3.7% | 3.4% | 15.9% | 9.2% | 6.1% | 5.2% |
| Orkney Islands | 4.1% | 5.4% | 3.4% | 2.5% | 4.5% | 5.4% | 4.8% | 4.1% |
| Perth and Kinross | 4.3% | 3.6% | 4.3% | 4.6% | 5.2% | 4.9% | 5.9% | 6.6% |
| Renfrewshire | 13.8% | 4.7% | 3.8% | 3.0% | 20.4% | 8.8% | 7.9% | 6.0% |
| Scottish Borders | 4.5% | 4.0% | 2.7% | 3.3% | 7.6% | 4.7% | 4.2% | 4.8% |
| Shetland Islands | 4.0% | 4.4% | 3.0% | 3.9% | 5.2% | 4.4% | 3.3% | 4.2% |
| South Ayrshire | 3.8% | 3.2% | 2.4% | 3.4% | 6.6% | 4.9% | 4.8% | 5.4% |
| South Lanarkshire | 5.6% | 3.5% | 3.4% | 2.3% | 9.3% | 7.7% | 5.0% | 4.4% |
| Stirling | 5.1% | 5.3% | 2.8% | 3.7% | 9.0% | 9.1% | 4.6% | 5.9% |
| West Dunbartonshire | 15.3% | 5.9% | 5.0% | 4.0% | 14.3% | 7.8% | 7.5% | 6.1% |
| West Lothian | 7.1% | 6.3% | 4.9% | 3.8% | 9.8% | 9.7% | 7.4% | 5.9% |
5-14 Attainment of Pupils in Publicly Funded Schools in Scotland by Local Authority - Percentage of Pupils Not Attaining Level B or Above by End of P6
| Local Authority | Maths% P6 Not Attaining Level B or Above |
| 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 |
| Scotland | 5.9% | 4.5% | 3.8% | 3.9% |
| Aberdeen City | 4.0% | 4.7% | 3.8% | 4.6% |
| Aberdeenshire | 2.8% | 2.7% | 2.9% | 3.1% |
| Angus | 5.6% | 4.5% | 5.7% | 3.8% |
| Argyll and Bute | 24.3% | 3.3% | 3.4% | 3.4% |
| Clackmannanshire | 4.5% | 4.2% | 4.6% | 5.9% |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 5.7% | 6.0% | 4.9% | 5.9% |
| Dundee City | 8.3% | 7.6% | 6.1% | 5.7% |
| East Ayrshire | 6.1% | 5.0% | 2.8% | 4.7% |
| East Dunbartonshire | 4.6% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.4% |
| East Lothian | 5.3% | 3.3% | 4.8% | 5.0% |
| East Renfrewshire | 2.4% | 2.6% | 1.8% | 1.8% |
| Edinburgh City | 6.0% | 6.6% | 5.5% | 5.8% |
| Eilean Siar | 4.4% | 4.0% | 1.4% | 6.8% |
| Falkirk | 3.8% | 4.2% | 2.5% | 1.9% |
| Fife | 5.0% | 5.2% | 3.9% | 4.7% |
| Glasgow City | 6.6% | 4.9% | 4.3% | 4.6% |
| Highland | 6.9% | 5.3% | 4.6% | 4.7% |
| Inverclyde | 4.7% | 2.5% | 3.2% | 3.9% |
| Midlothian | 4.6% | 6.7% | 5.7% | 5.5% |
| Moray | 4.1% | 4.4% | 3.9% | 3.8% |
| North Ayrshire | 4.5% | 4.2% | 3.6% | 3.0% |
| North Lanarkshire | 5.0% | 4.1% | 2.6% | 2.6% |
| Orkney Islands | 2.0% | 2.9% | 3.1% | 1.7% |
| Perth and Kinross | 2.9% | 3.1% | 4.0% | 4.5% |
| Renfrewshire | 14.5% | 3.8% | 3.1% | 2.5% |
| Scottish Borders | 4.0% | 3.4% | 3.6% | 3.5% |
| Shetland Islands | 4.0% | 3.4% | 3.6% | 2.9% |
| South Ayrshire | 3.5% | 3.2% | 2.6% | 3.0% |
| South Lanarkshire | 3.4% | 3.1% | 2.5% | 2.1% |
| Stirling | 4.8% | 5.1% | 3.2% | 3.8% |
| West Dunbartonshire | 15.9% | 5.3% | 5.1% | 3.8% |
| West Lothian | 5.0% | 6.6% | 3.6% | 2.8% |
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 22 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of pupils in each local authority area did not attain Level D within the 5-14 attainment targets by the end of secondary 2 for (a) reading, (b) writing and (c) mathematics in each year since 1998.
Answer
The following table shows the percentage of pupils in each local authority who did not reach 5-14 attainment Level D or above by the end of secondary 2 in the school years 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01 and 2001-02. Results are shown for reading, writing and mathematics separately.The information was obtained from the annual survey of 5-14 attainment levels in publicly funded schools. The results include a small number of pupils where level of attainment was not available.Data collected from Gaelic-medium education establishments are included in the 2001-02 results, but were excluded in previous years due to problems with data definitions and data consistency. Therefore caution should be applied when considering year-on-year comparisons of some local authorities.5-14 Attainment of Pupils in Publicly Funded Schools in Scotland by Local Authority - Percentage of Pupils Not Attaining Level D or Above by End of S2
| Local Authority | Reading% S2 Not Attaining Level D or Above | Writing% S2 Not Attaining Level D or Above |
| 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 |
| Scotland | 27.5% | 23.2% | 20.8% | 19.5% | 30.5% | 25.2% | 23.3% | 20.9% |
| Aberdeen City | 20.5% | 22.5% | 19.4% | 19.1% | 27.0% | 26.0% | 23.6% | 21.1% |
| Aberdeenshire | 15.8% | 16.0% | 13.5% | 15.1% | 20.2% | 19.1% | 17.0% | 15.2% |
| Angus | 21.5% | 23.2% | 19.6% | 17.0% | 31.9% | 15.2% | 16.1% | 14.8% |
| Argyll and Bute | 60.3% | 18.1% | 13.4% | 14.7% | 64.8% | 19.5% | 17.6% | 17.5% |
| Clackmannanshire | 31.7% | 38.8% | 25.3% | 31.5% | 35.9% | 37.7% | 28.3% | 35.1% |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 19.8% | 19.3% | 22.7% | 20.8% | 23.2% | 21.6% | 25.4% | 21.7% |
| Dundee City | 23.2% | 27.8% | 24.2% | 22.3% | 22.9% | 25.4% | 26.8% | 20.0% |
| East Ayrshire | 28.3% | 25.4% | 23.8% | 21.1% | 33.1% | 29.8% | 29.5% | 25.1% |
| East Dunbartonshire | 52.6% | 11.8% | 11.0% | 11.6% | 48.6% | 24.8% | 13.7% | 11.9% |
| East Lothian | 20.6% | 23.8% | 17.5% | 17.4% | 25.5% | 29.2% | 21.1% | 21.0% |
| East Renfrewshire | 13.5% | 10.8% | 13.4% | 10.4% | 13.8% | 10.8% | 17.3% | 13.8% |
| Edinburgh City | 27.8% | 29.5% | 26.8% | 24.4% | 31.0% | 31.6% | 28.8% | 26.2% |
| Eilean Siar | 11.1% | 9.5% | 13.8% | 9.5% | 8.4% | 7.6% | 13.3% | 15.6% |
| Falkirk | 23.3% | 24.3% | 22.6% | 21.0% | 25.7% | 25.0% | 23.2% | 16.9% |
| Fife | 33.0% | 26.7% | 25.0% | 24.1% | 36.3% | 27.8% | 26.4% | 24.6% |
| Glasgow City | 35.2% | 32.1% | 27.6% | 25.5% | 38.8% | 35.5% | 29.4% | 26.5% |
| Highland | 13.6% | 15.7% | 14.7% | 16.6% | 15.5% | 15.2% | 17.6% | 16.5% |
| Inverclyde | 19.9% | 20.1% | 14.8% | 14.6% | 27.2% | 17.6% | 13.4% | 16.1% |
| Midlothian | 15.8% | 25.0% | 24.8% | 21.1% | 18.9% | 24.2% | 28.9% | 22.6% |
| Moray | 19.0% | 17.8% | 20.7% | 16.0% | 24.2% | 19.6% | 25.4% | 17.3% |
| North Ayrshire | 24.0% | 26.6% | 25.6% | 20.6% | 27.5% | 29.6% | 27.9% | 21.9% |
| North Lanarkshire | 32.8% | 26.3% | 22.6% | 22.1% | 32.0% | 31.4% | 27.8% | 26.5% |
| Orkney Islands | 8.0% | 9.2% | 9.4% | 8.0% | 8.0% | 11.3% | 5.6% | 12.0% |
| Perth and Kinross | 15.3% | 13.9% | 16.3% | 13.2% | 15.0% | 13.6% | 16.9% | 13.9% |
| Renfrewshire | 50.7% | 22.4% | 20.7% | 20.9% | 51.7% | 23.3% | 23.1% | 23.6% |
| Scottish Borders | 12.8% | 13.0% | 13.8% | 17.6% | 16.0% | 13.8% | 15.1% | 14.9% |
| Shetland Islands | 7.6% | 7.4% | 10.8% | 11.6% | 8.3% | 8.6% | 10.8% | 15.0% |
| South Ayrshire | 30.3% | 20.7% | 19.8% | 17.7% | 29.6% | 25.2% | 22.1% | 20.6% |
| South Lanarkshire | 23.9% | 24.0% | 17.3% | 15.5% | 25.6% | 25.7% | 20.6% | 19.4% |
| Stirling | 20.5% | 21.7% | 19.5% | 17.1% | 33.7% | 20.5% | 19.1% | 16.8% |
| West Dunbartonshire | 39.5% | 22.0% | 23.1% | 20.2% | 48.0% | 29.2% | 28.3% | 22.9% |
| West Lothian | 27.9% | 27.1% | 21.7% | 19.0% | 33.0% | 28.5% | 24.2% | 18.9% |
5-14 Attainment of Pupils in Publicly Funded Schools in Scotland by Local Authority - Percentage of Pupils Not Attaining Level D or Above by End of S2
| Local Authority | Maths% S2 Not Attaining Level D or Above |
| 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 |
| Scotland | 27.2% | 23.2% | 21.2% | 20.8% |
| Aberdeen City | 25.0% | 26.5% | 23.2% | 23.1% |
| Aberdeenshire | 13.3% | 15.1% | 13.9% | 13.3% |
| Angus | 24.2% | 22.9% | 21.6% | 18.5% |
| Argyll and Bute | 47.6% | 28.6% | 20.0% | 20.9% |
| Clackmannanshire | 29.3% | 27.9% | 19.9% | 29.0% |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 21.6% | 20.6% | 21.1% | 20.4% |
| Dundee City | 28.0% | 27.7% | 29.3% | 29.2% |
| East Ayrshire | 19.5% | 19.3% | 15.1% | 15.5% |
| East Dunbartonshire | 43.7% | 16.9% | 12.1% | 12.0% |
| East Lothian | 33.2% | 25.8% | 21.9% | 22.8% |
| East Renfrewshire | 9.5% | 8.0% | 9.4% | 7.4% |
| Edinburgh City | 27.1% | 27.2% | 25.2% | 26.9% |
| Eilean Siar | 11.4% | 14.3% | 13.6% | 17.4% |
| Falkirk | 18.1% | 20.1% | 18.6% | 17.1% |
| Fife | 24.9% | 25.2% | 25.7% | 25.7% |
| Glasgow City | 35.6% | 34.1% | 28.5% | 27.8% |
| Highland | 22.0% | 16.3% | 15.4% | 16.0% |
| Inverclyde | 22.5% | 16.7% | 19.7% | 16.6% |
| Midlothian | 14.6% | 28.5% | 30.3% | 22.8% |
| Moray | 15.2% | 18.4% | 21.9% | 16.8% |
| North Ayrshire | 22.7% | 21.0% | 19.5% | 22.5% |
| North Lanarkshire | 28.2% | 22.1% | 21.4% | 20.3% |
| Orkney Islands | 4.0% | 13.3% | 15.7% | 11.2% |
| Perth and Kinross | 18.6% | 15.9% | 15.1% | 12.3% |
| Renfrewshire | 50.6% | 22.5% | 19.3% | 19.6% |
| Scottish Borders | 17.5% | 19.7% | 18.5% | 20.8% |
| Shetland Islands | 17.3% | 14.5% | 20.8% | 15.4% |
| South Ayrshire | 44.4% | 20.5% | 18.4% | 18.5% |
| South Lanarkshire | 25.3% | 21.6% | 18.3% | 19.1% |
| Stirling | 13.1% | 18.4% | 16.5% | 17.9% |
| West Dunbartonshire | 51.3% | 31.2% | 30.3% | 28.4% |
| West Lothian | 29.4% | 31.6% | 24.6% | 23.0% |
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 22 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has responded to the correspondence sent to it in August 2002 by Stirling Council regarding re-regulation of the bus industry; if not, when it expects to respond, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
Answer
I replied to Stirling Council's letter of 15 August on this matter on 4 September.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 21 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive when the SCOTS roads condition survey will be published.
Answer
While the Executive fully supports the local authority condition survey of local roads and is represented on the working group, management of the survey including the publication of the findings, is a matter for the Society of Chief Officers of Transport.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 20 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what is being done to attract, recruit and retain special constables.
Answer
Following recommendations made by a working group of the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS) in 1996, improvements have been made in the training and deployment of special constables. The eight police forces in Scotland are actively engaged in recruiting special constables. The Executive and ACPOS are also considering the recommendations in the thematic report Narrowing The Gap by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary published in December 2002, on how recruitment and retention of special constables could be further enhanced.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 3 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will place in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre all guidance, guidelines and official circulars initiated by the Scottish Office and the Scottish Executive that are still operational in respect of pre-school centres, primary schools, secondary schools, special schools and tertiary education institutions.
Answer
The Scottish Executive does not place such material in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre as a matter of course. The centre can request particular publications from the Scottish Executive if requested.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 3 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of pupils did not achieve Level D within the 5-14 attainment targets by the end of secondary 2 for (a) reading, (b) writing and (c) mathematics in each year since 1998.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-32430 today. 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/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 3 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of pupils did not achieve Level C within the 5-14 attainment targets by the end of primary 7 for (a) reading, (b) writing and (c) mathematics in each year since 1998.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-32430 today. 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/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 3 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of pupils did not achieve Level B within the 5-14 attainment targets by the end of primary 6 for (a) reading, (b) writing and (c) mathematics in each year since 1998.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-32430 today. 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/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Mr Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 3 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of pupils did not achieve Level A within the 5-14 attainment targets by the end of primary 4 for (a) reading, (b) writing and (c) mathematics in each year since 1998.
Answer
Information on the number of pupils who reached 5-14 attainment levels relating to their stage in the school years 1998-99 to 2001-02 is shown in the publications 5-14 Attainment in Publicly Funded Schools 2000-2001 and 5-14 Attainment in Publicly Funded Schools 2001-2002. These were published in January and December 2002 respectively and copies are available in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. numbers 18788 and 25569).It should be noted that pupils for whom no assessment information was available are included in the numbers not attaining the level relevant to their stage.
