Current status: Answered by Michael Russell on 15 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many visiting specialist PE teachers there have been in primary schools in each year, broken down by local authority.
Information on the qualification of centrally employed teaching staff who would fulfil the role of visiting specialists is only available from 2006 and can be found in the statistical bulletins Teachers in Scotland for the years in question. Links to the information available are set as follows. Information on which sector the teachers worked in is not available.
2006: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/03/27085753/97.
2007: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/03/18093809/108.
2008: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/04/29102949/103.
2009: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/02/09090009/65.