Question reference: S6O-00232
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: 22 September 2021
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Current status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 30 September 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the scale of unemployment among qualified teachers.
Answer
The recruitment and retention of teachers is a matter for local authorities.
However, I am determined that teachers have strong job opportunities. We have provided significant additional funds for the recruitment of additional teachers and I have committed to increasing teachers numbers by 3,500 during the course of this parliamentary term.
We have provided £240 million of additional investment to local authorities to support the recruitment of additional education staff to support education recovery. We have also allocated £145.5 million annually to the local government settlement which will support councils to employ additional staff on permanent contracts.