Chamber and committees

Information on the percentage of school leavers who went into an initial destination of further or higher education, in each of the last five years, by local authority, is published in table 2.3 of a supplementary data set on the Scottish Government website at:

www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/supdata2010

Information on the initial destination for 2009-10 school leavers by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation is published in table 3.3 of the above supplementary dataset.

Information on the initial destination for school leavers from 2006-07 to 2008-09 by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation is published in:

Table 9 of “Destination of leavers from Scottish Schools: 2008-09”

www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/11/20112425/11

Table 9 of “Destination of leavers from Scottish Schools: 2007-08”

www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/12/08090751/10

Table 7 of “Destination of leavers from Scottish Schools: 2006-07”

www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/12/07093501/12.

Information for 2005-06 school leavers by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation is not available as these data were returned via an aggregate school level return from Careers Scotland.

Information on the percentage of school leavers who went into an initial destination of employed or unemployed, in each of the last five years, by local authority, is published in table 2.3 of a supplementary data set on the Scottish Government website at:

www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/supdata2010

Information on the initial destination for 2009-10 school leavers by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation is published in table 3.3 of the above supplementary dataset.

Information on the initial destination for school leavers from 2006-07 to 2008-09 by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation is published in:

Table 9 of “Destination of leavers from Scottish Schools: 2008-09”

www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/11/20112425/11

Table 9 of “Destination of leavers from Scottish Schools: 2007-08”

www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/12/08090751/10

Table 7 of “Destination of leavers from Scottish Schools: 2006-07”

www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/12/07093501/12.

Information for 2005-06 school leavers by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation is not available as this data was returned via an aggregate school level return from Careers Scotland.

Information on the percentage of school leavers who left school with no qualifications at SCQF level 3 and above in each of the last five years by local authority is published in table 2.6 of a supplementary data set on the Scottish Government website at:

www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/sqala

Information on the percentage of school leavers who left school with no qualifications at SCQF level 3 and above by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation in each of the last five years is given in the following table:

Note: 1. 2008-09 and 2009-10 based on SIMD 2009. all other years based on SIMD 2006.

 These figures only record those who have not gained a National Qualification at SCQF level 3 or better. Some pupils will have gained other qualifications and achievements and these are not covered in this table or the publication.

In 2009-10 we used information from Skills Development Scotland (SDS) to determine the leaver cohort in order to present attainment and leaver destination information in the same publication. Prior to 2009-10 the leavers cohort was based on local authority returns, however, while there are small differences apparent between the two methods, overall trends remain unchanged.

This data is not collected centrally. However, information on children’s scores on vocabulary and problem solving ability at age three and five were collected as part of the Growing Up in Scotland (GUS) study in 2007-08 and 2009-10. This information is set out in the following tables. GUS data is not broken down to local authority level.

Table 1. Percentage of children in the Growing Up in Scotland study scoring on or above the average on vocabulary assessment at ages three and five.

Note: Data for age three were collected in 2007-08 and SIMD quintiles are based on the 2006 classification; data for age five were collected in 2009-10 and SIMD quintiles are based on the 2009 classification. Percentages shown are estimates of percentages in the population of 3-5 year olds in Scotland in the respective years.

 Table 2. Percentage of children in the Growing Up in Scotland study scoring on or above the average on problem solving assessment at ages three and five.

Note: Data for age three were collected in 2007-08 and SIMD quintiles are based on the 2006 classification; data for age five were collected in 2009-10 and SIMD quintiles are based on the 2009 classification. Percentages shown are estimates of percentages in the population of 3/5 year olds in Scotland in the respective years.

Information on the average tariff score of S4 pupils by local authority in each of the last five years is given in the following table: 

Information on the average tariff score of S4 pupils by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation in each of the last five years is published in table 1.6 of a supplementary data set on the Scottish Government website at:

www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/sqala.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-03327 on 3 November 2011. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.

We cannot state definitively the reasons for this rise. What we do know is that during the six month period from 1 April to 30 September 2011 a total of 219 individuals and four companies were supported in the Falkirk area through PACE (Partnership Action for Continuing Employment), which is the Scottish Government’s initiative for easing the transition from redundancy back into work. We also know that the bulk of the rise in the Falkirk area over the past year is accounted for by the 18 to 24 and 25 to 34 age groups, and that it is quite evenly split between males and females. (This is different to Scotland as a whole, where a greater proportion of the rise is accounted for by females). The local employability partnership continues to work to address the barriers to residents finding suitable work.

We are currently consulting on the successor arrangements for community care grants and crisis loans. We will make decisions on future arrangements, including the allocation of funding, in the light of the responses.

We are currently consulting on the successor arrangements for community care grants and crisis loans for living expenses. We will make decisions on future arrangements in the light of the responses.

Results from the 2008 Scottish Survey of Achievement, which covered mathematics, are available on the government website using the following link http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/04/02133043/0.

The publication includes analysis using the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation. Nineteen local authority chose to increase the number of their pupils involved in order to receive local authority analysis, and these data are also included on the website.

Information is not available for the other years.