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Information on local authority pre-primary education capital expenditure is provided to Scottish Government by local authorities. This includes, but is not limited to, nursery provision. The most up to date data is for 2015-16 and is shown in the following table.

Local authority capital expenditure: Pre-primary Education, £ million

2011-12	£5.7
2012-13	£4.9
2013-14	£3.9
2014-15	£16.9
2015-16	£75.8

Source: Local Authority Capital Returns CR Final

In September 2016, the Scottish Government published “The Financial Review of early learning and childcare in Scotland: the current landscape” (http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0050/00506148.pdf ). This shows (page 53) that over the financial years 2014-15 to 2016-17 the Scottish Government has provided £170 million capital funding to local authorities to support implementation of the early learning and childcare elements of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 expenditure. A further £30 million of capital funding was provided to local authorities in 2017-18. It is for each local authority to decide how it will utilise these funds.

The information is given in the following table. It shows by local authority the number of teachers who started the Into Headship programme for aspiring headteachers. Cohorts start in May/June each year. The qualification is aimed at those teachers whose next post will be that of a head teacher, likely to be within two to three years.

Local Authority	Cohort 1 2015	Cohort 2 2016	Cohort 3 2017
Aberdeen City	7	4	3
Aberdeenshire	5	9	9
Angus	6	10	3
Argyll & Bute	6	13	8
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	0	2	2
Clackmannanshire	1	1	1
Dumfries and Galloway	2	4	9
Dundee	4	6	5
East Ayrshire	4	3	6
East Dunbartonshire	7	5	2
Edinburgh	11	6	9
East Lothian	3	4	3
East Renfrewshire	4	5	2
Falkirk	3	5	8
Fife	7	7	12
Glasgow	12	7	16
Highland	10	6	4
Inverclyde	2	2	2
Midlothian	2	3	3
Moray	4	3	7
North Ayrshire	1	4	2
North Lanarkshire	5	7	8
Orkney	3	5	1
Perth & Kinross	5	6	5
Renfrewshire	3	5	8
Scottish Borders	1	10	8
Shetland Islands	4	4	2
South Ayrshire	2	6	2
South Lanarkshire	7	5	13
Stirling	1	7	2
West Dunbartonshire	4	7	1
West Lothian	5	7	10
INDEPENDENT	1	5	3
Total	142	183	179

Scotland is participating in the Teacher Questionnaire of the 2018 administration of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). This will cover teacher job satisfaction and an assessment of the factors they believe are hindering instruction.

The Scottish Government has instructed no external legal advice in relation to the Children and Young People (Information Sharing) (Scotland) Bill.

Details are as follows:

External Legal Advice

	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
Total (excluding VAT)	5,309	5,769	5,162	4,485	4,041

The total number of Education Scotland inspections carried out each academic year for the last five years for Dumfries and Galloway :

Inspection Figures for Academic Years August 2012 to July 2017

Academic Years	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	Total
Total inspections	13	12	12	11	7	55*

*includesEarly Learning and Childcare settings, and Primary, Secondary, All through, Independent and Special schools.

All figures include short model inspections resulting in QI evaluations and 'try out' inspections not resulting in QI evaluations.

Any homeowner who claims that his or her property is damaged by overflow from defective sewerage and road drainage systems has to be able to demonstrate liability on the part of Scottish Water or the relevant roads authority on account of a breach of a common law or statutory duty on the part of that authority.

The GTCS have accredited 3 programmes for aspiring headteachers. These are the Scottish Qualification for Headship, the Flexible Route to Headship and the Into Headship programmes. Only the Into Headship programme is currently operating and has recruited cohorts over the last three years.

The Into Headship programme is aimed at those teachers whose next post will be that of a head teacher, likely to be within two to three years. Details of numbers on that programme are outlined in S5W-12536 on 21 November 2017. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx

The following Ministers have met with Dumfries and Galloway Council in the last 12 months: Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills; Cabinet Secretary for the Economy, Jobs and Fair Work; Cabinet Secretary for Justice; Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Connectivity; Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy; Minister for Local Government and Housing.