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Health Boards (Chairmen)

Mr. Doran : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland which of the chairmen of the Scottish health boards are participants in the performance related pay scheme.

Mr. Michael Forsyth : None.

Nursery Education

Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many and what percentage of children aged three and four years were in receipt of nursery education in each local education authority area for Scotland in each of the years 1978-79 to the latest date for which information is available.

Mr. Michael Forsyth : The figures for nursery schools and departments at each September for which information is available are set out in the tables :


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Year                   |At outturn prices     |At 1987-88 prices (£m)                       
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1982-83                |56.863                |71.618                                       
1983-84                |57.758                |69.576                                       
1984-85                |52.748                |69.576                                       
1985-86                |60.900                |66.252                                       
1986-87                |71.721                |75.505                                       
1987-88                |66.010                |66.010                                       
1988-89                |89.512                |84.247                                       
1989-90                |90.089                |80.752                                       
Note:-The outturn figures have been converted to 1987-88 prices using the GDP deflator.     

Local Authorities (Capital Expenditure)

Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total amount of capital expenditure requested by local education authorities in each of the years from 1979-80 to the latest date for which information is available, in cash and real terms.

Mr. Michael Forsyth : The following table gives the total value of capital expenditure provision requested by local authorities in Scotland for educational building of all kinds in each of the years from 1982-83 to 1989-90. Requests by authorities for capital expenditure provision in earlier years were not aggregated nationally.

Provision requested by local authorities for capital expenditure on educational building


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Year                   |At outturn prices     |At 1987-88 prices (£m)                       
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1982-83                |56.863                |71.618                                       
1983-84                |57.758                |69.576                                       
1984-85                |52.748                |69.576                                       
1985-86                |60.900                |66.252                                       
1986-87                |71.721                |75.505                                       
1987-88                |66.010                |66.010                                       
1988-89                |89.512                |84.247                                       
1989-90                |90.089                |80.752                                       
Note:-The outturn figures have been converted to 1987-88 prices using the GDP deflator.     

Assisted Places Scheme

Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total number of children placed for


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the assisted places scheme in non-maintained and independent schools as a percentage of the total number of children in each year since the scheme's introduction.

Mr. Michael Forsyth : The information is as follows :


School Year            |Number<1> of Assisted                        
                       |Pupils as a Percentage                       
                       |of Total Pupils in                           
                       |Independent and Grant                        
                       |Aided Schools<2>                             
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1981-82                |2.43                                         
1982-83                |4.6                                          
1983-84                |5.86                                         
1984-85                |6.92                                         
1985-86                |8.21                                         
1986-87                |8.15                                         
1987-88<1>             |8.21                                         
<1> Provisional figure                                               
<2> Grant-aided Schools included in years 1981-82 to 1984-85 only    

Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give an estimate of expenditure on assisted places scheme and of the number of children likely to benefit from the scheme in each of the years 1988-89, 1989-90 and 1990-91.

Mr. Michael Forsyth : The estimate for expenditure on the scheme in the school year 1988-89 is £5.9 million covering about 2,670 pupils. It is planned that spending on the scheme will rise to £6.8 million and to £7.7 million in the respective school years 1989-90 and 1990-91 and that the number of children benefiting should rise to over 3,000 by the school year 1991-92.

Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what was the total amount of expenditure given under the assisted places scheme in each year since its introduction ;

(2) what was the total number of children in non-maintained independent schools financed by the assisted places scheme in each year since its introduction.

Mr. Michael Forsyth : The information is as follows :


h
School year               |Total expenditure £'000s |Number of assisted pupils                          
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1981-82                   |799                      |790                                                
1982-83                   |1,718                    |1,450                                              
1983-84                   |2,454                    |1,900                                              
1984-85                   |3,299                    |2,270                                              
1985-86                   |4,217                    |2,620                                              
1986-87                   |4,861                    |2,626                                              
1987-88<1>                |5,360                    |2,672                                              
<1> Provisional figures.                                                                                

Non-maintained Independent Schools

Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide a complete list of the non-maintained schools in Scotland for each of the years 1978-79 to 1987-88.

Mr. Michael Forsyth : The information is as follows :

Independent schools-- 1978-79

Borders

Garvald School

St. Mary's School

Central

Beaconhurst Grange School

Camphill (Blairdrummond) School

Kindergarten School


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Queen Victoria School

Struan House School

Dumfries and Galloway

Crowfordton House School

Kilquanity House School

Merton Hall

Orchardton House School

Rickerby House School

St. Kiaran's School

St. Ninian' School

The Monken Hadley School

Warriston School

Fife

Craigflower School

Inchkeith Private School

New Park School

St. Leonards and St. Katherines School

Seaview Private School

Highland

East Sutherland

Christian School

Fort Augustus Abbey School

Raddery School

Lothian

Algrade School

Belhaven Hill School

Cargilfield School

Cliftonhall School

Columcille School

Compass School

St. Denis and Cranley School

Edinburgh Academy

Fettes College

Gillsland Park School

Hillside School

Holt School

Lereto School

Merchiston Castle School

Murrayfield School for Spastics

Murrayfield Kindergarten

Oxenfoord Castle School

St. Georges School for Girls

St. Hilary's School

St. Margaret's Convent School

St. Margaret's School for Girls

St. Serfs School

The American School of Edinburgh

The Rudolf Steiner School

Grampian

Aberdeen Waldorf School

Aberlour House

Blairmore School

Blairs College

Camphill Rudolph Steiner School

Garden House

Gordonstoun School

Lathallan School

Linn Moor

Rosebrae School

St. Marie's Convent School

Templehill Community School

The American School of Aberdeen

Total Oil Marine's French School

Strathclyde

Atholl Preparatory School

Barrowfield Community School

Belmont House School

Calderwood Lodge Jewish Primary

Dairsie House School

Dardenne School

Deanhouse School

Drumley House School

Fernhill School

Franciscan Convent School


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