Questions and answers

Question reference: S6W-01059

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2021
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 15 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) children and (b) adults have been diagnosed with an eating disorder in each year since 2007, also broken down by NHS board area.

Information is not centrally held on numbers diagnosed with an eating disorder. However, Public Health Scotland (PHS) holds information on inpatients admitted with an eating disorders diagnosis.

The number of patients admitted to a mental health or general/acute specialty for an eating disorder is shown in the following table for the calendar years 2007 to 2020, broken down by year of admission, NHS Board of residence and age group (child: < 18; adult: 18+). Please note that complete figures for 2021 cannot yet be provided.

Number of child (1) patients (2) admitted to a general/acute or mental health specialty (3), either as an inpatient or day case, with an eating disorder (4); by age, year of admission and health board of residence, 2007 - 2020.

	Year of Admission
NHS Board	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Ayrshire and Arran	*	5	*	5	*	*	8	*	5	5	*	*	7	13
Borders	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	5	5	15	5	5
Dumfries and Galloway	*	*	*	*	-	*	*	8	6	*	*	6	*	*
Fife	*	*	6	*	6	5	*	*	*	*	6	10	9	9
Forth Valley	-	*	*	-	*	8	*	*	*	7	8	8	9	18
Grampian	7	*	9	7	11	16	7	12	10	9	14	9	10	14
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	16	7	7	8	9	10	17	25	13	13	16	14	17	32
Highland	5	11	5	*	*	14	9	14	17	6	7	*	8	17
Lanarkshire	*	6	*	6	7	8	12	7	*	10	11	12	19	17
Lothian	15	12	16	17	17	14	18	25	35	25	22	23	28	31
Orkney	*	*	-	-	*	*	*	*	*	-	-	-	*	-
Shetland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Tayside	*	7	11	9	8	10	12	12	9	12	6	11	7	22
Western Isles	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	*	*	-	*	*	*	-
Other 5	*	-	*	-	-	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	-	-
Total	60	62	69	61	72	94	98	119	109	102	108	122	125	183

Notes

* - Denotes values which have been suppressed to protect patient confidentiality.

1 - A child is defined as someone whose age on admission was less than 18.

2 - Patients will be counted multiple times if they have been admitted within the same board in different years, or different boards in the same year, or both.

3 - The numbers represented show those who have been admitted to hospital and do not include those diagnosed in other settings. Therefore, these figures are likely to be undercount of the total number of people diagnosed with an eating disorder.

4 - Patients identified are those with an ICD-10 code of F50 in any of 6 diagnostic fields. Further information can be found on the ICD-10 website: https://icd.who.int/browse10/2019/en.

5 - The "Other" category is a combination of the following health board categories: "Rest of UK (Outside Scotland)", "Outside the UK", "No Fixed Abode" and "Unknown residency".

Number of adult (1) patients (2) admitted to a general/acute or mental health specialty (3), either as an inpatient or day case, with an eating disorder (4); by age, year of admission and health board of residence, 2007 - 2020.

	Year of Admission
NHS Board	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Ayrshire and Arran	19	17	17	18	20	13	16	15	15	23	19	21	19	22
Borders	7	7	*	7	8	11	11	7	*	10	*	9	10	14
Dumfries and Galloway	7	9	9	11	13	6	10	14	13	17	17	15	12	13
Fife	22	15	21	10	14	14	17	18	17	17	26	21	21	21
Forth Valley	7	7	8	9	17	10	15	11	9	13	19	19	24	33
Grampian	36	30	35	27	31	36	33	47	41	32	40	41	37	38
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	47	53	51	45	37	61	58	67	67	63	67	65	80	63
Highland	17	11	24	23	36	21	26	34	27	24	34	41	41	37
Lanarkshire	24	17	17	20	26	34	26	23	27	41	34	47	39	36
Lothian	57	56	48	46	32	69	62	60	58	63	49	58	66	90
Orkney	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	-	*	-	*
Shetland	*	*	*	*	-	*	*	*	-	*	-	*	*	*
Tayside	17	15	15	23	22	29	22	26	19	21	23	21	16	17
Western Isles	-	-	*	*	-	*	*	-	-	*	*	*	*	*
Other 5	*	*	*	*	*	5	*	22	39	50	29	20	23	25
Total	264	241	261	249	261	313	307	348	345	379	368	387	391	414

Notes

* - Denotes values which have been suppressed to protect patient confidentiality.

1 - An adult is someone whose age on admission was 18 or older.

2 - Patients will be counted multiple times if they have been admitted within the same board in different years, or different boards in the same year, or both.

3 - The numbers represented show those who have been admitted to hospital and do not include those diagnosed in other settings. Therefore, these figures are likely to be undercount of the total number of people diagnosed with an eating disorder.

4 - Patients identified are those with an ICD-10 code of F50 in any of 6 diagnostic fields. Further information can be found on the ICD-10 website: https://icd.who.int/browse10/2019/en .

5 - The "Other" category is a combination of the following health board categories: "Rest of UK (Outside Scotland)", "Outside the UK", "No Fixed Abode" and "Unknown residency".

Question reference: S6W-01062

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2021
Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 15 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions Ministers have had regarding the opening of Winchburgh railway station.

Question reference: S6W-01069

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2021
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 14 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many classroom assistants have been employed in each local authority area in each year since 1999.

Information on the number of classroom assistants in the years 2003-2020 is provided in the following tables. Data on the number of classroom assistants or other support staff from 1999-2002 is not held by Scottish Government.

The variability in categorisation of staff and the definition of full time equivalent means that caution should be taken if making comparisons over time or between local authorities. Full details on the use and comparability of the data are available in the background notes of the statistical publications.

Table 1: 2020 Pupil Support Assistants - Hours Worked per week

Table 2: 2020 Classroom Assistant and ASN Auxiliary or Care Assistant - Hours Worked per week

Data on school support staff was collected in the form of hours per week rather than the number of full time equivalent (FTE) staff in 2020. This is because different local authorities have different definitions of ‘full time hours’ so changing to measure hours rather than FTE allows for more accurate comparison between local authorities.

Statistics on hours worked per week of pupil support assistants in 2020 are provided in Table 1.

Management information on hours worked per week hours worked of classroom assistant and ASN auxiliary or care assistant are provided in Table 2.

Table 3: Pupil Supports Assistant - 2017 to 2020 – FTE

The use of the term 'classroom assistant' varies between local authorities and is sometimes used interchangeably with 'additional support needs auxiliary or care assistant'. Therefore these two categories of school support staff have been combined and reported as 'pupil support assistants' in the published statistics on school support staff since 2017. Statistics on FTE of pupil support assistants for 2017 to 2020 are provided in Table 3.

Since 2017 the categories of classroom assistant and additional support needs auxiliary or care assistant have been published separately as management information and have not been subject to the same level of quality assurance as the published statistics.

Calculations of full time equivalent (FTE) numbers of pupils support assistants for 2020 were published to allow a comparison to be made with data from 2018 and 2019. The data on pupil support assistants published in 2017 is not directly comparable because of changes to the method of estimating FTE in some authorities. Calculations 2020 FTE of classroom assistants and ASN auxiliary or care assistant have not been calculated.

Table 4 - Classroom assistants - 2003-2019 - FTE

Table 5 - ASN auxiliary or care assistant - 2003-2019 - FTE - (part 1)

Statistics and management information on the FTE of classroom assistant and ASN auxiliary or care assistant from 2003 to 2019 are provided in Tables 4 and 5.

Table 1: 2020 Pupil Support Assistants - Hours Worked per week
	Pupil Support Assistant
Aberdeen City	15,750
Aberdeenshire	20,050
Angus	9,300
Argyll & Bute	10,400
City of Edinburgh	32,650
Clackmannanshire	5,150
Dumfries & Galloway	12,900
Dundee City	10,700
East Ayrshire	8,900
East Dunbartonshire	9,050
East Lothian	8,200
East Renfrewshire	6,250
Falkirk	11,700
Fife	29,750
Glasgow City	45,250
Highland	26,800
Inverclyde	9,300
Midlothian	8,900
Moray	8,600
Na h-Eileanan Siar	3,200
North Ayrshire	9,700
North Lanarkshire	23,100
Orkney Islands	1,900
Perth & Kinross	10,050
Renfrewshire	11,450
Scottish Borders	7,250
Shetland Islands	4,450
South Ayrshire	8,300
South Lanarkshire	27,950
Stirling	7,600
West Dunbartonshire	8,100
West Lothian	19,600
All Local Authorities	432,250

Table 1 Source:

School support staff statistics - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Table 2: 2020 Classroom Assistant and ASN Auxiliary or Care Assistant - Hours Worked per week
	Additional support needs auxiliary or care assistant	Classroom Assistant
Aberdeen City	2,750	12,950
Aberdeenshire	20,050	0
Angus	3,650	5,600
Argyll & Bute	7,900	2,550
City of Edinburgh	950	31,700
Clackmannanshire	350	4,800
Dumfries & Galloway	12,900	0
Dundee City	8,750	2,000
East Ayrshire	0	8,850
East Dunbartonshire	6,950	2,050
East Lothian	6,700	1,500
East Renfrewshire	2,550	3,650
Falkirk	2,000	9,700
Fife	27,100	2,550
Glasgow City	0	45,300
Highland	26,750	0
Inverclyde	7,900	1,400
Midlothian	0	8,900
Moray	6,800	1,800
Na h-Eileanan Siar	2,850	350
North Ayrshire	0	9,650
North Lanarkshire	20,400	2,750
Orkney Islands	1,800	50
Perth & Kinross	1,950	8,050
Renfrewshire	7,550	3,950
Scottish Borders	6,350	900
Shetland Islands	3,950	500
South Ayrshire	0	8,350
South Lanarkshire	16,150	11,800
Stirling	1,250	6,350
West Dunbartonshire	8,050	50
West Lothian	3,050	16,600
All Local Authorities	217,400	214,650

Table 2 Source:

School support staff management information - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Table 3: Pupil Supports Assistant - 2017 to 2020 - FTE
	2017	2018	2019	2020
Aberdeen City	519	508	553	572
Aberdeenshire	702	736	717	729
Angus	252	266	273	256
Argyll & Bute	258	393	384	417
City of Edinburgh	863	864	907	907
Clackmannanshire	147	149	164	193
Dumfries & Galloway	293	463	453	470
Dundee City	266	290	303	289
East Ayrshire	274	322	329	321
East Dunbartonshire	290	304	321	329
East Lothian	206	219	204	329
East Renfrewshire	202	204	162	227
Falkirk	376	402	402	426
Fife	854	848	882	1,081
Glasgow City	1,525	1,584	1,463	1,646
Highland	691	966	896	974
Inverclyde	263	322	314	337
Midlothian	229	249	264	323
Moray	259	268	256	232
Na h-Eileanan Siar	109	84	87	87
North Ayrshire	289	345	354	347
North Lanarkshire	813	893	922	910
Orkney Islands	49	46	56	54
Perth & Kinross	318	324	331	366
Renfrewshire	334	318	331	327
Scottish Borders	180	272	339	280
Shetland Islands	104	112	130	148
South Ayrshire	274	276	263	277
South Lanarkshire	653	701	745	1,119
Stirling	204	189	204	216
West Dunbartonshire	267	273	299	313
West Lothian	737	609	594	755
All Local Authorities	12,800	13,797	13,903	15,256
1. The data on pupil support assistants published in 2017 is not directly comparable to later years because of changes to the method of estimating FTE in some authorities.

Table 3 Source:

School support staff statistics - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Table 4 - Classroom assistants - 2003-2019 - FTE - (part 1)
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Aberdeen City	136	124	131	122	176	189	207	224	186
Aberdeenshire	199	196	209	211	190	174	178	177	178
Angus	120	91	160	122	134	136	121	128	115
Argyll & Bute	73	97	85	131	115	95	93	94	81
City of Edinburgh	307	344	387	686	434	436	396	440	475
Clackmannanshire	49	63	59	64	63	62	55	55	54
Dumfries & Galloway	154	182	188	169	143	128	133	95	76
Dundee City	81	71	81	82	102	99	71	89	66
East Ayrshire	175	104	168	186	289	219	190	215	208
East Dunbartonshire	129	144	160	146	209	155	148	131	104
East Lothian	36	38	39	50	49	47	45	47	49
East Renfrewshire	321	115	111	82	71	86	79	86	141
Falkirk	102	99	106	126	334	392	371	309	340
Fife	208	147	184	263	216	222	181	200	196
Glasgow City	711	463	673	749	718	735	694	648	828
Highland	164	180	187	128	137	159	143	175	131
Inverclyde	82	103	102	107	106	95	77	88	89
Midlothian	86	103	118	186	180	103	116	121	111
Moray	101	228	216	142	139	112	109	103	69
Na h-Eileanan Siar	18	21	22	29	33	31	30	23	24
North Ayrshire	256	268	281	295	301	329	338	313	291
North Lanarkshire	719	394	411	412	400	393	388	367	379
Orkney Islands	35	25	32	32	32	32	37	19	18
Perth & Kinross	24	17	66	64	69	65	83	81	79
Renfrewshire	284	273	257	258	258	228	244	191	115
Scottish Borders	36	48	41	52	44	45	49	49	76
Shetland Islands	5	14	57	17	17	17	19	18	18
South Ayrshire	140	160	157	153	136	130	110	122	110
South Lanarkshire	460	357	262	217	175	232	212	227	325
Stirling	52	44	69	58	80	83	107	123	173
West Dunbartonshire	93	167	279	230	234	216	227	184	219
West Lothian	490	430	108	147	165	242	281	288	299
All Local Authorities	5,846	5,110	5,406	5,716	5,749	5,687	5,532	5,430	5,623

1. The variability in categorisation of staff and the definition of full time equivalent means that comparisons over time and between local authorities are problematic and this should be borne in mind when interpreting the data.

Table 4 - Classroom assistants - 2003-2019 - FTE - (part 2)
	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Aberdeen City	199	220	297	383	394	425	425	472
Aberdeenshire	190	40	106	72	144	-	-	-
Angus	122	126	113	114	144	189	158	137
Argyll & Bute	99	75	85	79	76	77	92	93
City of Edinburgh	495	552	623	604	641	863	829	860
Clackmannanshire	78	85	78	109	96	130	134	136
Dumfries & Galloway	77	75	93	72	24	4	8	6
Dundee City	57	68	41	42	61	65	85	66
East Ayrshire	224	208	260	264	267	274	322	329
East Dunbartonshire	103	100	83	86	76	85	83	85
East Lothian	48	49	55	48	52	50	52	47
East Renfrewshire	106	103	119	147	127	152	148	111
Falkirk	338	339	321	313	300	317	331	339
Fife	179	156	140	115	185	199	184	130
Glasgow City	1,086	1,077	1,205	1,409	1,385	1,525	1,584	1,428
Highland	-	-	63	9	-	-	-	-
Inverclyde	89	84	58	55	57	57	64	63
Midlothian	109	121	136	170	231	-	179	204
Moray	118	70	105	47	57	65	49	49
Na h-Eileanan Siar	22	18	16	25	7	12	10	12
North Ayrshire	299	300	313	342	353	289	343	316
North Lanarkshire	373	371	378	360	338	123	98	108
Orkney Islands	18	19	19	19	19	2	3	3
Perth & Kinross	80	80	77	152	181	182	193	242
Renfrewshire	140	109	109	98	102	121	123	122
Scottish Borders	50	54	49	40	29	26	35	32
Shetland Islands	17	18	17	19	16	17	18	17
South Ayrshire	112	201	243	256	252	274	276	263
South Lanarkshire	165	231	246	244	295	252	278	272
Stirling	256	120	134	129	132	182	150	167
West Dunbartonshire	154	120	152	4	132	6	1	2
West Lothian	263	282	332	358	390	666	507	510
All local authorities	5,666	5,471	6,066	6,184	6,563	6,628	6,761	6,620

1. The variability in categorisation of staff and the definition of full time equivalent means that comparisons over time and between local authorities are problematic and this should be borne in mind when interpreting the data.

Table 5 - ASN auxiliary or care assistant - 2003-2019 - FTE - (part 1)
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Aberdeen City	209	233	328	294	331	361	278	273	215
Aberdeenshire	327	361	470	496	527	572	540	565	524
Angus	51	35	71	86	87	91	107	108	104
Argyll & Bute	109	101	102	57	80	81	136	140	173
City of Edinburgh	335	401	367	112	261	156	195	194	161
Clackmannanshire	51	104	99	59	125	89	74	84	83
Dumfries & Galloway	149	226	224	201	174	202	155	178	205
Dundee City	88	98	102	114	93	122	161	139	229
East Ayrshire	81	90	73	17	7	8	59	28	38
East Dunbartonshire	162	178	201	180	226	202	195	195	191
East Lothian	68	51	60	71	76	70	82	94	119
East Renfrewshire	350	148	152	150	157	112	128	114	60
Falkirk	209	238	234	211	115	102	104	147	103
Fife	1,324	91	304	459	505	522	491	565	595
Glasgow City	669	524	615	610	612	655	578	488	291
Highland	378	482	513	292	378	370	460	541	509
Inverclyde	86	108	144	131	164	155	154	135	140
Midlothian	57	86	82	18	20	63	65	65	86
Moray	132	363	440	185	199	210	196	171	223
Na h-Eileanan Siar	44	51	54	72	73	75	77	64	70
North Ayrshire	22	28	35	32	26	21	5	10	1
North Lanarkshire	543	380	401	431	543	514	525	498	495
Orkney Islands	1	8	13	11	11	5	2	42	42
Perth & Kinross	111	113	100	137	184	178	243	198	218
Renfrewshire	142	156	184	144	159	164	113	144	178
Scottish Borders	127	216	209	164	150	150	167	157	146
Shetland Islands	63	62	100	82	86	87	82	92	96
South Ayrshire	129	129	115	125	121	125	114	120	130
South Lanarkshire	382	377	420	290	267	242	246	241	212
Stirling	69	97	134	50	64	113	89	75	157
West Dunbartonshire	115	92	-	51	44	59	39	71	42
West Lothian	-	-	165	178	163	171	128	80	27
All Local Authorities	6,583	5,627	6,511	5,510	6,028	6,047	5,988	6,016	5,863

1. The variability in categorisation of staff and the definition of full time equivalent means that comparisons over time and between local authorities are problematic and this should be borne in mind when interpreting the data.

Table 5 - ASN auxiliary or care assistant - 2003-2019 - FTE - (part 2)
	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Aberdeen City	211	208	142	46	108	94	83	81
Aberdeenshire	513	647	559	601	524	702	736	717
Angus	110	110	119	126	98	63	108	136
Argyll & Bute	218	161	202	188	189	182	302	291
City of Edinburgh	116	122	120	52	103	-	35	47
Clackmannanshire	49	62	36	28	39	17	15	28
Dumfries & Galloway	216	230	218	234	257	289	278	446
Dundee City	162	355	134	195	209	201	204	237
East Ayrshire	13	37	-	-	-	-	-	-
East Dunbartonshire	207	203	205	195	205	204	221	236
East Lothian	134	133	124	146	154	156	167	157
East Renfrewshire	153	112	70	59	73	50	56	51
Falkirk	111	94	110	94	62	59	70	64
Fife	585	627	647	594	536	655	664	751
Glasgow City	599	120	115	-	-	-	-	36
Highland	638	669	586	663	655	691	966	896
Inverclyde	141	136	168	170	176	206	258	251
Midlothian	96	62	58	54	13	229	71	60
Moray	305	461	438	211	191	452	219	207
Na h-Eileanan Siar	66	76	71	55	72	97	74	76
North Ayrshire	3	-	-	1	-	-	2	38
North Lanarkshire	468	486	527	516	630	690	795	814
Orkney Islands	46	56	58	58	58	47	43	54
Perth & Kinross	219	258	249	158	155	136	131	89
Renfrewshire	139	198	186	172	208	213	195	209
Scottish Borders	162	151	133	152	140	153	236	308
Shetland Islands	100	84	80	79	88	87	95	113
South Ayrshire	121	66	19	-	-	-	-	-
South Lanarkshire	340	298	306	323	287	401	423	472
Stirling	59	68	65	51	36	22	39	37
West Dunbartonshire	122	121	94	265	137	261	272	297
West Lothian	72	88	45	62	60	71	101	84
All local authorities	6,494	6,499	5,884	5,548	5,463	6,430	6,858	7,282

1. The variability in categorisation of staff and the definition of full time equivalent means that comparisons over time and between local authorities are problematic and this should be borne in mind when interpreting the data.

Table 4 and 5 Sources:

2019: School support staff management information - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

2018 : Support staff management information (webarchive.org.uk)

2017: Breakdown of pupil support assistants in 2017: FOI release - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

2010 – 2016: Teacher census supplementary statistics - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

2003 – 2009: School Education - Publications (webarchive.org.uk)

Question reference: S6W-01090

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2021
Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 13 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to promote the Turing Scheme to young people in Scotland to promote study and work abroad, and what information it has on any action local authorities are taking in this regard.

The Turing Scheme is currently signposted on the Scottish Government mygov.scot public services website, as well as on the website for the Scottish Funding Council.

Any action to promote the Turing Scheme will be for local authorities themselves to decide and report on.

It is the Scottish Government’s position that the UK Government’s Turing Scheme is not fit for purpose. It is a replacement scheme, which cannot match the breadth and scope of Erasmus+. With funding only guaranteed for one year, no provision for inward mobility to the UK, and no support being offered for adult education and youth work, Turing will see support for our most disadvantaged learners cut, and opportunities for our students, staff and young people reduced.

We will continue to engage with the UK Government to ensure Turing better reflect the needs of Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-01085

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2021
Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 13 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how much has been (a) unallocated, and (b) underspent from each fund it has announced to the Parliament, in each year since 2007.

The provisional HMT fiscal underspend against total budget, for each funding type, in each year since 2007 is summarised in the following table:

Table: 2007-08 to 2020-21 Provisional Outturn Variances Comparison – HM Treasury Budgets

	Resource	Capital	Financial
			Transactions
	£million	£million	£million

2020-21	(374)	(8)	(67)
2019-20	(86)	(76)	(96)
2018-19	(305)*	(23)*	(121)
2017-18	(358)	(84)	(11)
2016-17	(98)	(40)	(53)
2015-16	(75)	(40)	(40)
2014-15	(151)	(41)	(12)
2013-14	(144)	(1)	(31)
2012-13	(150)	(29)	-
2011-12	(149)	(30)	-
2010-11	(10)	(2)	-
2009-10	(116)	(3)	-
2008-09	(121)	(3)	-
2007-08	(40)	(2)	-

* Including £126 million of fiscal resource and £22 million of fiscal capital of late Barnett consequentials re-allocated by HM Treasury to 2019-20

It is important to note that there is no loss of spending power as a result of these underspends and all have been carried forward in full through to the next financial year either through the Scotland Reserve or the Budget Exchange (year-end flexibility mechanism prior to the Reserve being introduced in 2017-18).

Further details of outturn by individual portfolio, compared to the Budget authorised by the Scottish Parliament, can be found in the published annual Scottish Government consolidated accounts for the relevant financial year.

Question reference: S6W-01074

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 28 June 2021
Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 13 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of its Budget local government has received in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S6W-01086

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2021
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 12 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many school clothing grant payments have been made since the scheme was introduced, broken down by local authority area.

Information about number of school clothing grants issued by local authorities has been recorded centrally through the Scottish Local Government Financial Statistics returns since the 2017-18 financial year. Information about the number of school clothing grants paid by local authorities prior to 2017-18 is not held centrally.

The number of school clothing grants issued in each local authority since 2017-18 is contained within the following table:

Local Authority	Number of School Clothing Grants Issued
	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20

Aberdeen City	2,401	2,728	3,373
Aberdeenshire	2,731	2,820	3,259
Angus	2,340	2,640	2,680
Argyll and Bute	1,345	1,456	1,672
Clackmannanshire	1,107	1,191	1,207
Dumfries and Galloway	2,769	2,904	3,522
Dundee City	6,628	6,512	6,690
East Ayrshire	4,421	4,764	4,780
East Dunbartonshire	2,109	2,475	2,260
East Lothian	990	1,110	1,573
East Renfrewshire	1,997	2,072	2,019
Edinburgh, City of	4,913	5,776	6,072
Eilean Siar (Western Isles)	403	493	449
Falkirk	3,850	4,562	4,980
Fife	12,890	13,197	13,526
Glasgow City	28,953	29,747	32,115
Highland	3,744	4,090	4,265
Inverclyde	2,298	2,354	2,983
Midlothian	1,873	1,855	2,236
Moray	1,315	1,366	1,342
North Ayrshire	5,400	6,079	6,077
North Lanarkshire	9,997	10,902	10,852
Orkney Islands	205	244	243
Perth and Kinross	1,133	1,325	1,826
Renfrewshire	5,625	6,147	6,293
Scottish Borders	2,488	2,480	2,408
Shetland Islands	307	392	434
South Ayrshire	3,092	3,358	3,380
South Lanarkshire	9,860	11,845	11,999
Stirling	1,505	1,829	1,820
West Dunbartonshire	4,577	4,329	4,099
West Lothian	6,338	6,226	7,151

These statistical returns are also available on the Scottish Government’s website which are contained within the following web links.

The number of school clothing grants issued by local authorities in the 2019-20 financial year is available on workbook 2019-20 LFR 01 - Education, within cell reference number G50 on each local authority tab: Scottish local government finance statistics (SLGFS) 2019-20: workbooks - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

The number of school clothing grants issued by local authorities in the 2018-19 financial year is available on workbook 2018-19 LFR 01, within cell reference number G55 on each local authority tab: Scottish local government finance statistics (SLGFS) 2018-19: workbooks - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

The number of school clothing grants issued by local authorities in the 2017-18 financial year is available on workbook 2017-18 LFR 01 revised, within cell reference number G55 on each local authority tab: Scottish local government finance statistics 2017-18: workbooks - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Question reference: S6W-01087

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2021
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 12 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how much the school clothing grant has increased by since it was introduced, broken down by local authority area.

In May 2018, we reached a joint agreement with local authorities to set the school clothing grant at a national minimum level of £100 per eligible child or young person.

The following table provides information about the value of school clothing grants provided by local authorities in 2017-18, the year before the national minimum school clothing grant was introduced, in comparison to the amounts paid for the 2020-21 school year.

In June 2021 we reached an agreement with local authorities to increase the national minimum school clothing grant level further. The new national minimum level has been set at £120 for each eligible child in primary school and £150 for each eligible young person in secondary school for the 2021-22 school year. Information about the value of school clothing grants set by local authorities for 2021-22 is not held centrally.

Local Authority	Value of School Clothing Grant
	2017-18	2020-21	Increase (£)

Aberdeen City	£60	£100	+£40
Aberdeenshire	£50	£100	+£50
Angus	£50	£100	+£50
Argyll and Bute	£50	£100	+£50
Clackmannanshire	£55	£100	+£45
Dumfries and Galloway	£80	£134	+£54
Dundee City	£100	£100	£0
East Ayrshire	£100	£120	+£20
East Dunbartonshire	£50	£100	+£50
East Lothian	£60	£100	+£40
East Renfrewshire	£75	£100	+£25
Edinburgh, City of	£50	£100	+£50
Eilean Siar (Western Isles)	£65	£100	+£35
Falkirk	£50	£120	+£70
Fife	£55	£100	+£45
Glasgow City	£70	£110	+£40
Highland	£90	£140	+£50
Inverclyde	£90	£145	+£55
Midlothian	£65	£100	+£35
Moray	£45	£100	+£55
North Ayrshire	£40	£100	+£60
North Lanarkshire	£70	£110	+£40
Orkney Islands	£56	£100	+£44
Perth and Kinross	£50	£100	+£50
Renfrewshire	£70	£100	+£30
Scottish Borders	£70	£100	+£30
Shetland Islands	£70	£100	+£30
South Ayrshire	£75	£110	+£35
South Lanarkshire	£75	£100	+£25
Stirling	£50	£130	+£80
West Dunbartonshire	£100	£100	£0
West Lothian	£110 (£94 primary)	£135 (£125 primary)	+£25 (sec.) +£31 (pri.)

Question reference: S6W-01351

Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S6W-01081

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2021
Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 9 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what information is has on how many youth centres have been operational in each year since 1999, also broken down by local authority area.

Youth work is a professional practice delivered in many environments. Delivery is carried out in a range of multi-purpose community facilities, schools, colleges and hospitals. Service provision for young people includes community based youth work, outdoor learning, direct intervention, youth awards, participation in uniformed organisations and local youth clubs.

There is no statutory obligation on youth work providers to register details of their operations with Scottish Government, and as such the Scottish Government does not hold information on the numbers of operational youth work centres in Scotland.

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