To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to encourage teacher recruitment and retention and which of these steps would encourage recruitment from outwith Scotland. The successful implementationof the teachers’ agreement, A Teaching Profession for the 21st Century offersconsiderable incentives to attract people into teaching.In addition, we have earmarked£150,000 for this purpose and are currently devising a recruitment strategy.We also promote teaching at arange of careers events throughout Scotland and maintain a dedicated website www.teachinginscotland.com which iscurrently being up‑dated.All these approaches will havea greater or lesser impact outside Scotland.