Chamber and committees

The attached table shows the latest information available on the number of full-time equivalent teachers who were employed in publicly funded primary schools in September of each of the years 1996 to 1999 by local authority area. Information on the number of teachers in schools in September 2000 is not currently available.The Supply of Teachers report, Vol 1 - Jan 2001 details the background to the current position on the collection of information relevant to teacher supply and outlines planned improvements to current methods. Copies of this report have been placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. no. 10751). The report includes a series of tables in the Annex, one of which gives numbers of FTE publicly funded teachers in the primary and secondary sectors by local authority from September 1997 to 1999 (Annex F). This Annex is currently being updated and extended to provide a wider range of information on teacher numbers.Number of full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers in publicly funded primary schools by local authority, September (1996-99)

	September
	1996	1997	1998	1999
Scotland	22,483	22,189	22,494	22,643
Aberdeen City	809	795	829	824
Aberdeenshire	1,158	1,127	1,155	1,159
Angus	495	490	502	514
Argyll & Bute	452	447	443	458
Clackmannanshire	212	216	217	221
Dumfries & Galloway	681	678	703	682
Dundee City	697	650	643	650
East Ayrshire	546	538	538	536
East Dunbartonshire	473	479	480	498
East Lothian	377	398	405	416
East Renfrewshire	383	384	395	403
Edinburgh, City of	1,480	1,491	1,509	1,535
Eilean Siar	199	197	195	192
Falkirk	578	587	587	602
Fife	1,623	1,625	1,646	1,656
Glasgow City	2,619	2,458	2,418	2,421
Highland	1,110	1,081	1,098	1,097
Inverclyde	371	365	363	373
Midlothian	372	377	391	400
Moray	425	418	428	430
North Ayrshire	597	596	605	601
North Lanarkshire	1,485	1,472	1,482	1,469
Orkney Islands	122	124	124	122
Perth & Kinross	572	572	583	598
Renfrewshire	712	715	740	740
Scottish Borders	485	486	500	501
Shetland Islands	182	184	182	178
South Ayrshire	453	449	448	450
South Lanarkshire	1,300	1,285	1,318	1,336
Stirling	346	351	370	370
West Dunbartonshire	445	425	445	447
West Lothian	724	732	751	765

The post is within Historic Scotland and involved the relocation of a Health and Safety Officer from Edinburgh to Stirling.

I am advised by the Food Standards Agency that the sale of the thymus, commonly known as sweetbread, is dictated by EU BSE controls legislation. The thymus is considered Specified Risk Material (SRM) in all cattle aged over six months and cannot be sold. Thymus is not considered SRM in sheep. The pancreas (sometimes known as "gut sweetbread") from calves, lambs and bullocks is not considered SRM and can therefore be freely sold.

The total amount of police grant available in 2001-02, 2002-03 and subsequent years was increased to take full account of the abolition of Crown Exemption from non-domestic rates on operational properties. The budgets for individual forces are set by the relevant police authority or Joint Police Board.

I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-15144.

The total amount of police grant available in 2001-02, 2002-03 and subsequent years was increased to take full account of the abolition of Crown Exemption from non-domestic rates on operational properties. The budgets for individual forces are set by the relevant police authority or Joint Police Board.

The arrangements for admission to schools, including priority for places in denominational schools are for local authorities to determine, who have responsibility to ensure that their policies comply with ECHR. I understand that a case is expected to be before the courts in the near future and it would therefore not be appropriate for me to comment further at this stage.

We have no current plans to change the legislation in this area.

The information for 2001-02 is in the following table, which, for formatting reasons, is in two parts. The Excellence Fund as currently constituted covers the three year period which ends in March 2002. No decisions have been taken on resource allocation beyond that date pending completion of a review we are carrying out into the future scope and operation of the Excellence Fund.

Education Authority	Alternativesto Exclusion	StudySupport	EarlyIntervention	SupportingParents	ClassroomAssistants	ReducingClass Sizes
Scotland	£10,000,000	£10,000,000	£13,000,000	£5,000,000	£36,000,000	£20,100,000
Aberdeen City	£350,065	£349,776	£455,556	£175,032	£909,233	£431,184
Aberdeenshire	£502,104	£485,208	£680,359	£251,052	£1,500,880	£614,083
Angus	£226,250	£230,285	£287,532	£113,126	£629,033	£161,497
Argyll & Bute	£186,266	£177,181	£256,997	£93,133	£361,718	£206,856
Clackmannanshire	£96,663	£93,461	£130,896	£48,331	£467,164	£144,060
Dumfries & Galloway	£313,557	£303,567	£423,955	£156,778	£842,078	£393,594
Dundee City	£275,600	£281,744	£348,234	£137,800	£782,826	£595,933
East Ayrshire	£252,974	£254,386	£326,557	£126,487	£1,228,554	£231,512
East Dunbartonshire	£256,523	£272,762	£306,932	£128,262	£1,290,744	£178,126
East Lothian	£168,179	£154,346	£241,248	£84,089	£764,013	£886,757
East Renfrewshire	£208,252	£220,259	£251,098	£104,126	£1,112,683	£1,650,323
Edinburgh, City of	£639,709	£614,599	£872,672	£319,854	£2,803,301	£2,207,853
Eilean Siar	£76,709	£82,435	£90,361	£38,354	£30,000	£40,000
Falkirk	£273,851	£270,390	£361,665	£136,925	£1,375,983	£483,363
Fife	£704,812	£719,984	£891,449	£352,406	£2,080,756	£943,476
Glasgow City	£975,901	£914,023	£1,369,833	£487,950	£3,538,088	£3,473,792
Highland	£471,128	£466,864	£619,437	£235,564	£1,043,250	£358,319
Inverclyde	£176,359	£182,400	£219,391	£88,180	£781,155	£266,584
Midlothian	£169,652	£170,950	£218,424	£84,826	£551,123	£335,737
Moray	£183,962	£180,913	£244,134	£91,981	£484,831	£229,948
North Ayrshire	£285,587	£287,880	£367,514	£142,794	£1,311,496	£296,767
North Lanarkshire	£695,317	£725,709	£854,225	£347,659	£2,736,410	£1,073,533
Orkney Islands	£53,943	£58,182	£63,195	£26,971	£30,000	£31,413
Perth & Kinross	£250,651	£242,177	£339,701	£125,326	£770,194	£852,683
Renfrewshire	£359,406	£371,315	£447,759	£179,703	£1,585,224	£757,069
Scottish Borders	£214,058	£210,486	£284,117	£107,029	£596,659	£231,000
Shetland Islands	£64,295	£66,280	£80,339	£32,148	£30,000	£25,000
South Ayrshire	£233,411	£248,598	£278,607	£116,706	£949,245	£269,602
South Lanarkshire	£629,672	£647,461	£789,489	£314,836	£2,703,070	£1,012,250
Stirling	£170,032	£177,909	£208,165	£85,016	£564,266	£455,277
West Dunbartonshire	£206,901	£215,862	£254,325	£103,451	£685,879	£284,065
West Lothian	£328,211	£322,608	£435,834	£164,105	£1,460,144	£978,344

Education Authority	Support for Teachers	Higher Still	National Grid for Learning	Inclusion	Total
Scotland	£10,000,000	£5,000,000	£23,600,000	£13,000,000	£145,700,000
Aberdeen City	£353,129	£180,748	£843,545	£509,878	£4,558,146
Aberdeenshire	£455,290	£233,038	£1,157,935	£611,619	£6,491,568
Angus	£233,081	£119,302	£523,297	£275,022	£2,798,425
Argyll & Bute	£183,027	£93,681	£422,802	£215,009	£2,196,670
Clackmannanshire	£90,057	£46,095	£234,088	£127,267	£1,478,082
Dumfries & Galloway	£324,738	£166,216	£704,668	£361,122	£3,990,273
Dundee City	£281,863	£144,271	£652,823	£367,070	£3,868,164
East Ayrshire	£240,548	£123,124	£602,664	£313,613	£3,700,419
East Dunbartonshire	£252,487	£129,235	£604,275	£276,978	£3,696,324
East Lothian	£147,168	£75,327	£410,264	£222,262	£3,153,653
East Renfrewshire	£198,289	£101,494	£494,726	£229,650	£4,570,900
Edinburgh, City of	£569,307	£291,398	£1,579,498	£1,003,642	£10,901,833
Eilean Siar	£178,801	£45,759	£137,904	£72,494	£792,817
Falkirk	£271,976	£139,210	£664,748	£360,436	£4,338,547
Fife	£698,505	£357,526	£1,669,009	£906,353	£9,324,276
Glasgow City	£893,922	£457,550	£2,388,392	£1,558,104	£16,057,555
Highland	£511,252	£261,682	£1,061,448	£542,836	£5,571,780
Inverclyde	£179,293	£91,770	£418,279	£224,927	£2,628,338
Midlothian	£166,328	£85,134	£407,716	£207,655	£2,397,545
Moray	£186,391	£95,403	£434,632	£228,930	£2,361,125
North Ayrshire	£275,996	£141,268	£680,153	£373,772	£4,163,227
North Lanarkshire	£699,982	£358,283	£1,647,171	£878,399	£10,016,688
Orkney Islands	£111,761	£28,602	£100,078	£51,399	£555,544
Perth & Kinross	£243,584	£124,678	£584,580	£327,332	£3,860,906
Renfrewshire	£343,242	£175,687	£855,134	£457,489	£5,532,028
Scottish Borders	£217,449	£111,301	£492,746	£253,578	£2,718,423
Shetland Islands	£172,318	£44,100	£121,341	£65,860	£701,681
South Ayrshire	£238,374	£122,011	£538,723	£281,195	£3,276,472
South Lanarkshire	£608,981	£311,705	£1,487,795	£807,861	£9,313,120
Stirling	£175,190	£89,670	£393,055	£214,244	£2,532,824
West Dunbartonshire	£195,704	£100,171	£490,058	£258,818	£2,795,234
West Lothian	£301,967	£154,561	£796,453	£415,186	£5,357,413

All four groups have been wound up.