Question reference: S3W-01009
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: 14 June 2007
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Current status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 26 June 2007
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been allocated to local authorities for the promotion and advancement of modern language teaching in secondary schools since the publication of Citizens of a Multilingual World – A Guide for Secondary School Pupils in March 2002.
Answer
In 2001 thegovernment set up the languages fund to support language learning and teachingin both primary and secondary schools, and in particular to support theimplementation of the recommendations made in the report Citizens of aMultilingual World. It is for education authorities to decide the extent towhich this is directed to primary or secondary schools and we do not ask themto report on the amounts allocated to each sector.
Since 2001 thefollowing amounts have been provided to education authorities under this fund:
| Year | Amount |
| 2001-02 | £2.5 million |
| 2002-03 | £4 million |
| 2003-04 | £4 million |
| 2004-05 | £4 million |
| 2005-06 | £4 million |
| 2006-07 | £3.9 million |
| 2007-08 | £4 million |
In addition tothe annual languages fund, an additional Innovation Fund was set up from2002-04 to provide match funding for languages projects which were particularlyinnovative. £694,472 was provided through this funding stream.