Current status: Answered by Keith Brown on 14 December 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the percentage uptake of the baccalaureate is, broken down by local authority.
Details of the percentage of schools in each local authority who have entered pupils for the Scottish Science and Languages Baccalaureates can be found in the following table:
| Local Authority | No. of Secondary Schools | No. of Secondary Schools with Entries for Languages Baccalaureate | % of Secondary Schools Presenting Pupils for Languages Baccalaureate |
| City of Aberdeen | 12 | 0 | n/a |
| Aberdeenshire | 17 | 1 | 5.9% |
| Angus | 8 | 0 | n/a |
| Clackmannanshire | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 16 | 0 | n/a |
| City of Dundee | 10 | 0 | n/a |
| East Ayrshire | 9 | 0 | n/a |
| East Renfrewshire | 7 | 1 | 14.3% |
| City of Edinburgh | 23 | 3 | 13.0% |
| Falkirk | 8 | 0 | n/a |
| Fife | 19 | 1 | 5.3% |
| City of Glasgow | 30 | 1 | 3.3% |
| Highland | 30 | 1 | 3.3% |
| North Lanarkshire | 24 | 0 | n/a |
| Perth and Kinross | 10 | 1 | 10.0% |
| South Lanarkshire | 17 | 0 | n/a |
| Stirling | 7 | 1 | 14.3% |
| West Dunbartonshire | 6 | 0 | n/a |
| West Lothian | 11 | 1 | 9.1% |
| Local Authority | No. of Secondary Schools with Entries for Science Baccalaureate | % of Secondary Schools Presenting Pupils for Science Baccalaureate |
| City of Aberdeen | 2 | 16.7% |
| Aberdeenshire | 0 | n/a |
| Angus | 2 | 25.0% |
| Clackmannanshire | 1 | 33.3% |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 2 | 12.5% |
| City of Dundee | 6 | 60.0% |
| East Ayrshire | 1 | 11.1% |
| East Renfrewshire | 5 | 71.4% |
| City of Edinburgh | 3 | 13.0% |
| Falkirk | 2 | 25.0% |
| Fife | 0 | n/a |
| City of Glasgow | 0 | n/a |
| Highland | 1 | 3.3% |
| North Lanarkshire | 3 | 12.5% |
| Perth and Kinross | 1 | 10.0% |
| South Lanarkshire | 1 | 5.9% |
| Stirling | 4 | 57.1% |
| West Dunbartonshire | 2 | 33.3% |
| West Lothian | 1 | 9.1% |
Notes:
1. Figures on number of schools with entries for Science and Language Baccalaureates are from Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA), and are correct as of 3 December 2009.
2. Figures on number of secondary schools by local authority are from Pupils in Scotland, 2008.