Question reference: S5W-01445
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 13 July 2016
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 28 July 2016
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-00691 by John Swinney on 21 June 2016, whether it will provide a breakdown of the figures by local authority.
Answer
The number of practising trained educational psychologists (full time equivalent), broken down by local authority and year since 2010, is shown in the following table:
|
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
Aberdeen City |
16 |
20 |
22 |
22 |
20 |
15 |
Aberdeenshire |
23 |
23 |
23 |
22 |
22 |
20 |
Angus |
8 |
8 |
7 |
8 |
8 |
6 |
Argyll and Bute |
9 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
6 |
7 |
Clackmannanshire |
4 |
4 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
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Dumfries and Galloway |
11 |
9 |
9 |
10 |
9 |
8 |
Dundee City |
8 |
10 |
11 |
10 |
10 |
9 |
East Ayrshire |
8 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
East Dunbartonshire |
8 |
8 |
7 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
East Lothian |
7 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
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East Renfrewshire |
12 |
13 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
10 |
Edinburgh, City of |
33 |
28 |
37 |
42 |
38 |
30 |
Eilean Siar |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
Falkirk |
10 |
11 |
10 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
Fife |
27 |
19 |
24 |
26 |
26 |
25 |
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Glasgow City |
45 |
46 |
51 |
46 |
47 |
46 |
Highland |
13 |
12 |
12 |
10 |
14 |
11 |
Inverclyde |
10 |
8 |
7 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
Midlothian |
7 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
7 |
6 |
Moray |
4 |
7 |
6 |
4 |
7 |
6 |
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North Ayrshire |
13 |
14 |
12 |
12 |
13 |
9 |
North Lanarkshire |
28 |
28 |
28 |
28 |
27 |
25 |
Orkney Islands |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
Perth and Kinross |
9 |
9 |
10 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
Renfrewshire |
11 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
10 |
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Scottish Borders |
9 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
Shetland Islands |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
South Ayrshire |
6 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
South Lanarkshire |
26 |
25 |
26 |
25 |
24 |
23 |
Stirling |
8 |
8 |
8 |
9 |
8 |
7 |
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West Dunbartonshire |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
11 |
8 |
West Lothian |
14 |
13 |
14 |
14 |
12 |
13 |
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Scotland |
401 |
390 |
411 |
407 |
405 |
370 |
Source: From 2012 onwards, this information is available in table 10.3 of the supplementary tables of the annual Teacher Census, http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/teachcenssuppdata