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Question reference: S5W-05564

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 December 2016
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 10 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many school support staff each local authority has employed in each year since 2010, broken down by category of employment.

Children and young people with additional support needs receive support in school from teaching and support staff. The following information provided provides a picture of the support staff employed to support all pupils, including those with additional support needs. The figures provided are based on FTE (Full-Time Equivalent) and have been rounded to the nearest 1 FTE. Because of this the local authority total may not be equal to the sum of local authority figures.

Total	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Aberdeen City	1,011	776	779	798	841	828	947
Aberdeenshire	1,412	1,333	1,290	1,223	1,210	1,222	1,183
Angus	519	474	467	455	451	442	450
Argyll & Bute	477	503	576	490	532	542	549
Clackmannanshire	279	269	258	264	368	248	248

Dumfries & Galloway	756	689	638	614	607	593	548
Dundee City	761	1,426	628	1,027	615	666	653
East Ayrshire	486	466	461	483	472	431	470
East Dunbartonshire	694	555	568	564	527	520	514
East Lothian	382	431	404	400	422	396	416

East Renfrewshire	491	823	537	490	461	479	457
Edinburgh, City of	1,460	1,423	1,365	1,481	1,458	1,241	1,424
Na h-Eileanan Siar	171	184	166	179	156	139	137
Falkirk	768	731	733	721	702	676	633
Fife	1,706	1,646	1,578	1,594	1,544	1,549	1,483

Glasgow City	2,132	2,000	2,838	2,037	2,135	2,074	2,116
Highland	1,318	1,288	1,229	1,227	1,112	1,134	1,093
Inverclyde	474	452	432	368	375	361	352
Midlothian	398	421	427	373	368	414	443
Moray	509	555	753	864	868	506	486

North Ayrshire	656	655	613	624	621	624	611
North Lanarkshire	1,690	1,685	1,668	1,595	1,649	1,558	1,653
Orkney Islands	130	113	119	130	129	130	131
Perth & Kinross	574	579	579	618	612	610	669
Renfrewshire	717	624	615	651	628	544	645

Scottish Borders	438	457	432	430	407	404	356
Shetland Islands	209	202	198	174	168	165	170
South Ayrshire	456	424	444	448	449	445	436
South Lanarkshire	977	1,101	997	1,007	1,000	1,011	1,024
Stirling	424	696	592	397	385	368	366

West Dunbartonshire	525	489	490	427	445	446	445
West Lothian	915	844	875	904	945	900	829

All Local Authorities	23,907	24,300	23,734	23,048	22,654	21,661	21,935

Primary	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Aberdeen City	538	353	352	368	387	421	503
Aberdeenshire	770	736	734	671	677	665	665
Angus	268	250	233	231	238	245	242
Argyll & Bute	231	257	344	272	295	275	265
Clackmannanshire	152	144	128	128	252	122	129

Dumfries & Galloway	355	360	316	296	294	303	272
Dundee City	387	404	280	601	257	262	266
East Ayrshire	206	204	177	186	187	178	180
East Dunbartonshire	317	276	285	274	257	253	248
East Lothian	247	242	238	236	252	252	281

East Renfrewshire	211	217	217	207	185	197	200
Edinburgh, City of	771	728	712	775	800	715	827
Na h-Eileanan Siar	107	87	91	97	88	75	77
Falkirk	342	348	358	347	345	334	300
Fife	839	815	778	761	747	705	785

Glasgow City	1,026	993	1,463	1,172	1,115	1,137	1,114
Highland	760	669	644	637	550	550	550
Inverclyde	207	208	191	187	193	188	195
Midlothian	168	183	195	190	176	205	238
Moray	278	288	498	616	625	286	273

North Ayrshire	349	349	288	298	290	306	308
North Lanarkshire	832	833	835	810	846	815	841
Orkney Islands	77	66	69	79	80	78	79
Perth & Kinross	334	328	322	348	339	333	412
Renfrewshire	325	253	248	272	267	262	296

Scottish Borders	219	268	227	226	215	208	189
Shetland Islands	114	109	107	97	92	91	90
South Ayrshire	203	204	221	221	222	212	216
South Lanarkshire	507	632	520	538	543	556	553
Stirling	213	499	265	191	186	171	165

West Dunbartonshire	252	240	243	235	229	239	238
West Lothian	455	408	409	431	442	441	439

All Local Authorities	12,065	11,950	11,987	11,996	11,668	11,080	11,442

Secondary	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Aberdeen City	305	259	238	232	255	224	243
Aberdeenshire	432	395	365	354	328	350	338
Angus	194	183	183	175	173	161	163
Argyll & Bute	194	183	186	169	190	176	181
Clackmannanshire	76	75	82	82	67	81	68

Dumfries & Galloway	223	233	228	228	219	219	207
Dundee City	231	904	220	211	195	193	212
East Ayrshire	178	156	170	178	165	162	166
East Dunbartonshire	181	181	181	182	163	172	167
East Lothian	121	132	153	153	141	133	125

East Renfrewshire	194	172	192	192	185	197	166
Edinburgh, City of	424	420	376	423	410	297	342
Na h-Eileanan Siar	49	76	56	61	47	46	41
Falkirk	234	210	216	215	208	195	184
Fife	545	501	485	495	489	509	538

Glasgow City	468	409	439	397	441	387	427
Highland	401	445	443	415	367	391	362
Inverclyde	146	132	135	121	124	117	115
Midlothian	109	123	120	105	101	111	108
Moray	187	218	205	197	188	168	162

North Ayrshire	187	179	178	168	164	180	169
North Lanarkshire	498	483	462	439	455	400	444
Orkney Islands	46	42	43	45	44	46	46
Perth & Kinross	161	169	175	185	188	190	181
Renfrewshire	224	214	200	207	188	153	196

Scottish Borders	158	154	165	159	146	152	135
Shetland Islands	67	67	68	58	56	54	60
South Ayrshire	164	156	156	158	146	150	142
South Lanarkshire	309	324	302	305	299	281	292
Stirling	150	145	135	135	134	140	128

West Dunbartonshire	134	126	125	116	127	134	132
West Lothian	264	229	239	224	240	230	214

All Local Authorities	7,249	7,693	6,918	6,788	6,641	6,393	6,456

Special	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Aberdeen City	90	86	105	111	110	92	101
Aberdeenshire	83	90	86	91	93	92	91
Angus
Argyll & Bute	18	21	8	15	15	24	22
Clackmannanshire	34	34	32	41	40	41	42

Dumfries & Galloway	8	9	9	13	15	14	14
Dundee City	97	95	105	105	61	105	101
East Ayrshire	46	50	56	55	59	65	68
East Dunbartonshire	54	54	54	60	59	50	53
East Lothian

East Renfrewshire	24	49	74	40	44	41	41
Edinburgh, City of	157	182	143	220	209	180	162
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Falkirk	51	49	45	55	56	56	63
Fife	100	115	107	114	104	130	83

Glasgow City	429	393	711	335	417	391	387
Highland	73	74	72	73	69	81	83
Inverclyde	44	52	46	45	40	44	42
Midlothian	39	37	38	39	50	55	58
Moray

North Ayrshire	43	49	53	55	60	59	65
North Lanarkshire	189	200	214	191	232	237	247
Orkney Islands
Perth & Kinross	29	29	29	33	32	33	24
Renfrewshire	79	79	77	82	83	64	86

Scottish Borders	11
Shetland Islands
South Ayrshire	41	28	36	36	48	47	47
South Lanarkshire	91	84	103	92	96	102	114
Stirling	24	21	162	35	39	37	35

West Dunbartonshire	42	46	49	44	50	51	50
West Lothian	95	114	122	142	182	158	163

All Local Authorities	1,990	2,038	2,533	2,118	2,263	2,246	2,237

Centrally Employed	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Aberdeen City	78	78	84	87	89	91	100
Aberdeenshire	127	112	105	107	112	115	89
Angus	57	41	51	49	40	36	45
Argyll & Bute	34	42	38	34	32	67	81
Clackmannanshire	17	16	16	13	9	4	9

Dumfries & Galloway	170	87	85	77	79	57	55
Dundee City	46	23	23	110	102	106	74
East Ayrshire	56	56	58	64	61	26	56
East Dunbartonshire	142	44	48	48	48	45	46
East Lothian	14	57	13	11	29	11	10

East Renfrewshire	62	385	54	51	47	44	50
Edinburgh, City of	108	93	134	63	39	49	93
Na h-Eileanan Siar	15	21	19	21	21	18	19
Falkirk	141	124	114	104	93	91	86
Fife	222	215	208	224	204	205	77

Glasgow City	209	205	225	133	162	159	188
Highland	84	100	70	102	126	112	98
Inverclyde	77	60	60	15	18	12	0
Midlothian	82	78	74	39	41	43	39
Moray	44	49	50	51	55	52	51

North Ayrshire	77	78	94	103	107	79	69
North Lanarkshire	171	169	157	155	116	106	121
Orkney Islands	7	5	7	6	5	6	6
Perth & Kinross	50	53	53	52	53	54	52
Renfrewshire	89	78	90	90	90	65	67

Scottish Borders	50	35	40	45	46	44	32
Shetland Islands	28	26	23	19	20	20	20
South Ayrshire	48	36	31	33	33	36	31
South Lanarkshire	70	61	72	72	62	72	65
Stirling	37	31	30	36	26	20	38

West Dunbartonshire	97	77	73	32	39	22	25
West Lothian	101	93	105	107	81	71	13

All Local Authorities	2,603	2,619	2,296	2,146	2,082	1,942	1,800

Question reference: S5W-05789

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 December 2016
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 10 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on mental health provision being part of inspections by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Schools.

In Scotland’s schools, mental health is considered as part of a broad spectrum under health and wellbeing, for example, as part of the responsibilities of all staff under Curriculum for Excellence, or as targeted interventions to provide more personalised support to meet the requirements of various legislation.

Education Scotland through Her Majesty’s Inspectors (HM Inspectors) inspect, review and report on the provision made by schools and education authorities across Scotland. Where appropriate, HM Inspectors will comment on the impact of any mental health provision in helping to support the learning needs of children and young people. HM Inspectors also review and publish reports on specific aspects of education, including approaches to improving health and wellbeing.

How Good is Our School 4 and How Good is Our Early Learning and Childcare include Quality Indicator (QI) 3:1 Ensuring Wellbeing, Equality and Inclusion. This QI evaluates the impact of the school’s approach to wellbeing which underpins young people’s ability to achieve success. It highlights the need for policies and practices to be well grounded in current legislation and a shared understanding of the value of every individual, including those with mental health concerns where appropriate. Since August 2016, all inspections of early learning and childcare establishments, primary, secondary, special and independent schools inspections have included evaluation of this QI.

Question reference: S5W-05794

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 December 2016
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 30 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many children in Edinburgh (a) are eligible for and (b) receive free school meals.

The eligibility criteria to qualify for free school meals is provided for in section 53 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980. A summary of the criteria can be accessed from the Scottish Government website at: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Education/Schools/HLivi/schoolmeals/FreeSchoolMeals. In addition, on 5 January 2015, free school meals were extended to all primary 1 to 3 children in local authority schools across Scotland to help ensure every child has the best possible start in life and gets every chance to succeed at school. The policy has had a huge uptake with latest figures showing that over 134,500 primary 1 to 3 children (81.7%) across Scotland now taking a nutritious free school lunch, saving families around £380 a year for each eligible child.

Local authorities must promote the uptake of free school meals amongst those currently eligible. Data on the numbers of children eligible for free school meals (outwith P1-3) is not held centrally.

The latest statistics on free school meals were published on 22 June 2016 in the Scottish Government Statistics Publication - Summary statistics for attainment, leaver destinations and healthy living, No. 6: 2016 Edition. Tables 7, 13 and 19 in the supplementary tables outline the number of children and young people in primary, secondary and special schools, respectively, registered and taking free school meals on census day by local authority level. The supplementary data tables can be accessed at: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/MealsSD/mealspesd/mealspesd2016.

Question reference: S5W-05579

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 December 2016
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 30 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-00665 by John Swinney on 16 June 2016, whether it will provide (a) a breakdown of how many of the teachers were (i) centrally employed and (ii) worked in (A) primary, (B) secondary and (C) special schools and (b) the information for 2016.

Children and young people receive support in school from teaching and support staff. The information provided in the following tables relates to those teachers whose main subject is Additional Support for Learning only and therefore does not reflect the full picture of the support provided to pupils in schools, which is the role of every teacher.

Teachers with additional support needs for learning as their main subject, 2007 to 2016


	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Aberdeen City	191	184	192	174	161	167	147	116	115	127
Aberdeenshire	209	227	279	292	286	277	265	242	263	262
Angus	94	105	97	97	102	93	82	79	82	82
Argyll and Bute	29	36	41	42	42	43	41	40	45	46
Clackmannanshire	29	33	35	30	30	26	24	30	30	30
Dumfries and Galloway	83	125	121	130	124	132	124	120	104	100
Dundee City	182	169	159	159	148	148	137	138	131	121
East Ayrshire	55	64	115	110	109	111	111	107	107	112
East Dunbartonshire	46	66	55	53	50	58	60	53	58	69
East Lothian	41	44	60	56	58	55	49	50	46	43
East Renfrewshire	43	46	43	36	34	43	42	42	41	45
Edinburgh City	166	176	169	168	165	153	150	138	125	120
Eilean Siar	15	19	25	22	22	21	23	15	14	23
Falkirk	112	122	148	131	133	124	124	116	108	102
Fife	233	235	248	236	209	208	211	173	194	199
Glasgow City	235	240	214	245	236	260	245	220	194	167
Highland	225	208	216	190	171	163	150	129	161	161
Inverclyde	49	55	53	47	43	47	46	36	40	46
Midlothian	44	40	43	40	38	40	60	57	51	52
Moray	79	96	98	99	99	100	92	87	87	78
North Ayrshire	104	117	118	116	121	119	125	124	126	116
North Lanarkshire	186	200	189	185	175	162	140	147	130	163
Orkney Islands	19	22	20	22	26	27	32	29	29	28
Perth and Kinross	39	79	70	73	61	68	83	90	89	88
Renfrewshire	85	78	62	53	57	54	57	52	49	42
Scottish Borders	78	80	80	65	88	87	81	86	83	76
Shetland Islands	40	45	52	50	44	41	41	37	41	39
South Ayrshire	83	76	77	106	101	109	106	103	100	94
South Lanarkshire	119	146	151	156	158	152	150	137	130	115
Stirling	27	34	35	43	40	36	38	41	42	38
West Dunbartonshire	28	45	52	48	51	50	48	60	55	47
West Lothian	92	90	87	88	76	76	73	71	66	62
Scotland	3,062	3,301	3,402	3,363	3,258	3,249	3,157	2,963	2,936	2,896

1. This includes teachers in primary, secondary, special schools, and centrally employed teachers, with their main subject recorded as: Learning Support Secondary; Learning Support, Primary; SEN (primary) non-recorded pupils; SEN (recorded pupils); SEN (Secondary) non-recorded pupils; SEN Behavioural Support; SEN Learning Difficulties; SEN Physical Disabilities; Hearing Impairment; or Visual Impairment.

2. Data for 2007 does not include centrally employed teachers as the main subject of these teachers could not be identified. Therefore data for 2007 is not directly comparable with other years. Across all subjects, there were 964 centrally employed teachers in 2007.

3. Scotland total includes teachers at grant aided schools.

Centrally Employed Teachers with additional support needs for learning as their main subject, 2007 to 2016


	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Aberdeen City		4	7	9	10	6	5	5	4	4
Aberdeenshire		12	5	3	2	11	16	14	12	16
Angus		11	7	8	19	19	14	13	13	16
Argyll and Bute		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Clackmannanshire		2	6	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Dumfries and Galloway		46	97	39	50	72	67	69	49	46
Dundee City		2	2	2	1	11	11	11	19	25
East Ayrshire		7	6	6	5	4	5	4	4	4
East Dunbartonshire		21	17	17	14	14	13	9	15	29
East Lothian		1	5	4	4	2	1	1	2	2
East Renfrewshire		4	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0
Edinburgh City		15	17	20	19	19	18	15	17	13
Eilean Siar		2	3	4	3	3	4	5	5	6
Falkirk		0	0	1	7	10	12	11	8	8
Fife		11	14	20	13	12	12	11	29	26
Glasgow City		0	3	8	7	25	25	28	18	18
Highland		0	11	9	0	0	1	26	35	33
Inverclyde		6	2	2	5	5	5	5	3	3
Midlothian		0	2	1	1	1	16	12	14	16
Moray		18	20	20	20	21	23	24	21	17
North Ayrshire		12	16	21	26	23	31	29	35	35
North Lanarkshire		9	7	6	8	6	3	5	14	44
Orkney Islands		3	3	3	5	5	6	5	5	6
Perth and Kinross		26	5	2	2	3	9	6	7	6
Renfrewshire		4	0	0	5	5	4	6	6	6
Scottish Borders		25	1	3	71	72	66	71	69	65
Shetland Islands		5	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8
South Ayrshire		0	4	27	22	26	24	21	20	18
South Lanarkshire		3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stirling		5	3	6	3	2	5	5	9	5
West Dunbartonshire		15	15	15	16	15	14	13	9	3
West Lothian		2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Scotland		272	289	269	347	401	416	431	450	480

Teachers with additional support needs for learning as their main subject in primary schools, 2007 to 2016


	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Aberdeen City	81	71	58	60	49	42	34	27	27	26
Aberdeenshire	80	88	92	92	97	94	92	81	97	91
Angus	39	41	35	32	27	25	23	22	24	21
Argyll and Bute	2	4	11	12	13	13	13	10	13	10
Clackmannanshire	4	5	3	3	3	2	1	6	7	7
Dumfries and Galloway	24	20	7	23	18	1	2	2	14	15
Dundee City	89	78	77	71	61	59	52	46	35	29
East Ayrshire	0	0	31	30	30	29	27	24	22	25
East Dunbartonshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
East Lothian	27	25	25	21	24	24	23	21	14	11
East Renfrewshire	10	9	9	6	6	9	6	5	6	7
Edinburgh City	63	58	55	53	48	45	40	38	31	27
Eilean Siar	10	10	11	8	8	6	6	6	6	7
Falkirk	36	40	44	39	33	26	25	20	19	20
Fife	88	88	78	75	66	69	68	60	49	52
Glasgow City	10	11	6	12	6	7	15	16	14	16
Highland	69	65	57	53	48	44	40	33	35	33
Inverclyde	6	6	7	9	4	8	6	5	7	9
Midlothian	19	17	16	15	15	15	12	12	10	10
Moray	43	40	38	35	34	33	32	29	31	30
North Ayrshire	31	31	32	28	33	29	27	27	24	20
North Lanarkshire	38	37	40	40	40	27	25	22	9	10
Orkney Islands	10	8	7	6	9	10	12	9	9	7
Perth and Kinross	4	3	20	21	16	21	19	33	30	30
Renfrewshire	6	6	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Scottish Borders	30	6	29	2	2	0	0	0	1	1
Shetland Islands	22	19	24	21	18	14	15	12	14	12
South Ayrshire	21	16	17	18	19	19	19	18	16	15
South Lanarkshire	20	24	24	31	34	35	29	22	19	15
Stirling	9	6	4	7	9	8	8	7	8	7
West Dunbartonshire	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0
West Lothian	30	26	25	24	19	21	24	22	23	22
Scotland	923	858	884	847	791	735	695	637	615	588

Teachers with additional support needs for learning as their main subject, in secondary schools 2007 to 2016


	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Aberdeen City	59	55	70	67	64	65	57	37	42	43
Aberdeenshire	92	92	150	164	157	136	120	116	121	119
Angus	54	53	55	57	55	49	46	44	45	44
Argyll and Bute	21	23	26	26	27	27	25	26	28	27
Clackmannanshire	8	8	10	11	12	12	14	15	16	15
Dumfries and Galloway	58	56	16	64	53	55	50	47	39	38
Dundee City	93	90	80	79	75	68	64	64	60	53
East Ayrshire	30	34	47	45	43	44	45	46	46	47
East Dunbartonshire	18	19	15	14	17	19	21	21	16	17
East Lothian	14	19	30	31	29	29	25	28	29	29
East Renfrewshire	31	31	28	25	25	25	28	29	26	30
Edinburgh City	70	67	64	64	60	52	52	47	42	44
Eilean Siar	5	7	11	10	11	12	12	4	4	10
Falkirk	42	44	73	65	64	61	60	58	56	52
Fife	99	97	118	115	105	105	108	82	88	94
Glasgow City	84	80	67	64	66	66	66	67	62	49
Highland	127	118	121	105	103	101	94	59	74	71
Inverclyde	26	26	25	21	21	21	19	18	20	21
Midlothian	19	17	19	19	19	20	22	22	15	15
Moray	36	39	41	44	45	46	37	35	35	32
North Ayrshire	46	50	46	43	38	39	38	39	38	35
North Lanarkshire	69	76	72	68	64	56	53	55	44	50
Orkney Islands	9	11	10	12	12	12	15	16	15	15
Perth and Kinross	24	38	31	38	29	32	44	40	41	40
Renfrewshire	54	42	36	27	28	28	29	26	22	23
Scottish Borders	41	41	43	52	16	14	15	15	14	10
Shetland Islands	18	20	21	22	19	19	19	17	18	19
South Ayrshire	42	39	39	43	43	44	44	40	41	39
South Lanarkshire	69	78	90	88	86	79	80	72	72	68
Stirling	14	17	19	21	20	20	21	22	19	21
West Dunbartonshire	21	21	23	24	23	21	20	22	20	19
West Lothian	38	37	36	35	32	35	32	25	24	24
Scotland	1432	1443	1534	1566	1459	1412	1375	1252	1231	1211

Teachers with additional support needs for learning as their main subject in special schools, 2007 to 2016


	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Aberdeen City	50	54	57	38	39	55	51	48	42	54
Aberdeenshire	37	35	33	32	31	37	37	32	35	37
Angus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Argyll and Bute	6	8	4	4	2	3	3	4	4	7
Clackmannanshire	17	19	16	15	13	12	9	8	7	8
Dumfries and Galloway	1	2	1	3	3	4	5	2	2	2
Dundee City	0	0	1	7	12	10	10	17	18	15
East Ayrshire	24	24	32	29	31	33	33	32	34	36
East Dunbartonshire	29	26	24	22	20	26	26	23	23	20
East Lothian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
East Renfrewshire	2	2	2	2	2	8	8	8	9	8
Edinburgh City	33	36	33	31	38	37	39	38	34	38
Eilean Siar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Falkirk	34	38	31	26	29	27	28	27	25	22
Fife	46	40	38	26	25	23	23	20	29	28
Glasgow City	140	148	138	161	157	161	138	109	101	84
Highland	29	26	27	23	20	19	15	12	16	24
Inverclyde	17	17	19	16	13	13	16	8	10	13
Midlothian	6	6	6	5	4	5	10	10	12	11
Moray	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Ayrshire	27	23	23	24	24	27	29	28	29	26
North Lanarkshire	79	78	70	70	63	72	59	65	63	59
Orkney Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Perth and Kinross	11	12	14	13	15	12	12	11	11	11
Renfrewshire	25	26	23	24	23	20	23	20	20	13
Scottish Borders	7	7	7	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shetland Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Ayrshire	20	21	18	19	17	19	20	24	24	23
South Lanarkshire	31	41	37	37	38	38	41	42	39	32
Stirling	5	7	8	9	8	6	5	7	7	6
West Dunbartonshire	6	8	12	8	11	14	14	25	26	25
West Lothian	25	24	23	27	23	20	17	23	19	16
Scotland	707	728	695	681	660	701	671	644	639	617

Question reference: S5W-05018

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 November 2016
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 22 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how much was spent on child and adolescent mental health in 2015-16, also broken down by NHS board, and what percentage of (a) the overall (i) NHS and (ii) mental health budget and (b) each NHS board's budget this represents.

Scottish Health Service Costs is published annually by ISD Scotland with the support of the Scottish Government. Published costs information for NHSScotland, including for child and adolescent mental health expenditure (Report R04LSX and SFR 8.3); mental health expenditure (Report R340) and total NHS expenditure (Report R300) can be found at: https://isdscotland.scot.nhs.uk/Health-Topics/Finance/Costs/.

Question reference: S5W-05449

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 09 December 2016
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 22 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the cost benefits of using continuous glucose monitoring, and how much it estimates this technology saves the NHS by preventing, for example, eye disease, amputations and other health problems that can result from diabetes.

Diabetes accounts for around 10% of the health budget and it is estimated that 80% of these costs are for treating complications associated with diabetes, such as diabetic retinopathy, foot ulcers (which can lead to amputation) and renal failure. Attaining good glycaemic control significantly reduces the risk of developing complications.

The Scottish Diabetes Group’s national approach to CGM has been developed taking account of clinical evidence and all the costs associated with the treatment and management of diabetes. It is estimated that for those who would clinically benefit from CGM, the technology can support a reduction in cost to NHS Scotland of around £3,000 per person in relation to short term complications and will contribute towards reducing the costs in relation to longer term complications.

Question reference: S5W-05450

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 09 December 2016
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 22 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported concerns that some people with diabetes are unable to access continuous glucose monitoring through the NHS.

Scottish Government works closely with the Scottish Diabetes Group, our national advisory group, to oversee and drive implementation of our Diabetes Improvement Plan (2014) to improve care and treatment for people living with diabetes in Scotland. The Plan includes a range of actions that aim to support improvements in glycaemic control, including the development of a national approach to the provision of Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM).

Our national approach has been developed taking account of the clinical evidence which recommends the use of CGM devices for a small number of people with diabetes as an aid to improve glycaemic control, but does not recommend CGM for routine use. Clinicians are best placed to provide specific advice and support to individuals, based on their circumstances, which can include the provision of CGM where a clinical need for one is identified. The national approach will support clinicians in the provision of this technology and ensure that those who would clinically benefit from it can receive it.

To support this, we are investing over £10m over the term of the Parliament, to increase the provision of insulin pump therapy and CGM.

Question reference: S5W-05448

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 09 December 2016
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 22 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that continuous glucose monitoring is provided to all people with diabetes who need it.

Scottish Government works closely with the Scottish Diabetes Group, our national advisory group, to oversee and drive implementation of our Diabetes Improvement Plan (2014) to improve care and treatment for people living with diabetes in Scotland. The Plan includes a range of actions that aim to support improvements in glycaemic control, including the development of a national approach to the provision of Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM).

Our national approach has been developed taking account of the clinical evidence which recommends the use of CGM devices for a small number of people with diabetes as an aid to improve glycaemic control, but does not recommend CGM for routine use. Clinicians are best placed to provide specific advice and support to individuals, based on their circumstances, which can include the provision of CGM where a clinical need for one is identified. The national approach will support clinicians in the provision of this technology and ensure that those who would clinically benefit from it can receive it.

To support this, we are investing over £10m over the term of the Parliament, to increase the provision of insulin pump therapy and CGM.

Question reference: S5W-05355

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 December 2016
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been convicted of (a) dangerous and (b) careless driving in each year since 1999, broken down by area.

Question reference: S5W-05563

Current Status: Withdrawn

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