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Glasgow AcademyKeil School
Lomond School
Our Lady and St. Ita's School
Park Lodge School
Regina Mundi Preparatory School
St. Columba's College
St. Francis Xavier College
St. Francis Primary School
St. Kevin's School
St. Ronan's Preparatory School
Springbank School
Southannan School
The High School of Glasgow
Wellington School
Tayside
Ardvreck School
utterstone House School
Centre 535
Convent of the Sacred Heart (now known as Kilgraston School) Craigclowan School
Croftinloan School
Ochil Tower
Rannoch School
Strathallan School
Trinity College (now known as Glenalmond)
Changes since 1978-79
Schools Opened |Schools Closed
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1979-80
Strathclyde |Highland
Muslim Mission School |East Sutherland
St. Francis Primary
|Strathclyde
|Barrowfield Community School
|Franciscan Convent School
|Tayside
|Centre 535
1980-81
Lothian |Central
Hillside School Co-operative |Camphill (Blairdrummond)
|Kindergarten School
|Fife
|Craigflower
|Lothian
|Gillsland Park School
|Holt School
1981-82
Dumfries and Galloway |Dumfries and Galloway
Abercree House School |Orchardton House School
|Lothian
Dunedin School Co-operative |St. Ninian's School
|Lothian
|Hillside School Co-operative
1982-83
Fife |Grampian
Starley Hall School |Templehill Community School
Strathclyde |Strathclyde
Gask House School |Calderwood Lodge
Glasgow Christian
|Regina Mundi Preparatory
| School
1983-84
Lothian |Lothian
Hillside School |St. Hilary's School
Westerlea School for Spastics
(Formerly Murrayfield)
|Strathclyde
|Dardene School
|Dean House School
|Glasgow Christian Academy
|St. Columba's College
1984-85
Dumfries and Galloway |Dumfries and Galloway
Woodlands School |Monken Haldey School
|Warriston School
Fife |Strathclyde
Hillside School |Our Lady and St. Ita's School
Lothian
St. Mary's Music School<1>
Stathclyde
Hamilton College
Red Brae Residential School
1985-86
Central |Dumfries and Galloway
Dollar Adademy |Abercree school
|Rickerby House School
Dumfries and Galloway
Lamachan School |Grampian
(formerly Abercree) |Garden House School
Eskdalemuir Childrens
Workshop |Lothian
|Algrade School
Grampian
Albyn School<1>
Glenmillan School
Robert Gordon's College<1> |St. Francis Xavier School
St. Margaret's Aberdeen<1>
Lothian
Mary Erskine School<1>
Daniel Stewart's and
Melville College<1>
George Watson's College<1>
George Heriot's School<1>
Strathclyde
Craigholme School for Girls<1>
Hutchesons' Grammar School<1>
Kelvinside Academy<1>
Laurel Bank School<1>
Living Waters Christian School
Park School<1>
St. Aloysius College<1>
St. Columba's School<1>
Wesbourne School for Girls<1>
Tayside
High School of Dundee<1>
Morrison's Academy<1>
Parkview School
Trinity School
1986-87
Central |Grampian
Snowdon House |Glen Millan School
|St. Marie's Convent School
Grampian
Glen Morven Preparatory School
Dutch School
Causewayhead
|Lothian
Moray Steiner School |St. Margaret's Convent School
Oakbank School
Lothian |Strathclyde
St. Joseph's School |St. Kevin's School
Wellington School
Penicuik
Strathclyde
Loaningdale School
Torass Emess Jewish Day School
Balnacraig School
1987-88
Central |Dumfries and Galloway
Lendrick Muir |Lamachan School
|Workshop
Fife
Kingdom Christian School
|Grampian
|Blair's College
Grampian
The Hamilton
|Strathclyde
|Muslim Mission School
Highland
Scoraig School
Lothian
Regius School
Mannafield Christian School
Newtown Preparatory School
Strathclyde
Ballikinrain School
Giesland School
Glasgow Steiner School
Goodshepherd Centre
Kibble School
St. Philip's School
Wee Friends Primary School
Tayside
Redgorton School
<1>Former grant-aided secondary schools.
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Mr. Henry McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give (a) the number of children attending non-maintained independent schools and (b) that number as a percentage of the total number of children attending all schools for each of the local education authority areas.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : Information related to the areas of schools attended at September 1987 is given in the table :
|Pupils in independent |Pupils in independent
|schools |schools as a percentage
|of all pupils
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Borders |140 |0.9
Central |1,500 |3.2
Dumfries and
Galloway |190 |0.8
Fife |750 |1.3
Grampian |3,690 |4.5
Highland |120 |0.3
Lothian |11,350 |9.7
Strathclyde |10,870 |2.8
Tayside |3,910 |6.3
Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles |- |-
|------ |------
Scotland |32,510 |3.9
Books and Equipment (Expenditure)
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the expenditure per pupil on books and on equipment in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools at the end of each year since 1978-79 in cash terms and real terms using 1987-88 prices and using an index of 100 for 1978-79.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The information available is given in the following tables which have been compiled from local authority financial returns. Expenditure on equipment was not separately identified in these returns until 1982-83. There have been some variations from year to year in the recording of expenditure under these two headings. In particular some of the figures for expenditure on library books may include some expenditure on items of equipment.
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Table 4: Expenditure per pupil on text and library books adjusted to 1987-88 prices using the GDP deflator, expressed as an index with 1978-79=100 Year |Primary |Secondary ---------------------------------------- 1978-79 |100 |100 1979-80 |103.4 |98.9 1980-81 |92.9 |80.8 1981-82 |94.7 |77.4 1982-83 |95.0 |79.9 1983-84 |116.2 |94.3 1984-85 |117.5 |93.0 1985-86 |104.0 |85.9 1986-87 |123.5 |102.9 1987-88 |125.3 |107.1
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Table 4: Expenditure per pupil on text and library books adjusted to 1987-88 prices using the GDP deflator, expressed as an index with 1978-79=100 Year |Primary |Secondary ---------------------------------------- 1978-79 |100 |100 1979-80 |103.4 |98.9 1980-81 |92.9 |80.8 1981-82 |94.7 |77.4 1982-83 |95.0 |79.9 1983-84 |116.2 |94.3 1984-85 |117.5 |93.0 1985-86 |104.0 |85.9 1986-87 |123.5 |102.9 1987-88 |125.3 |107.1
Table 4: Expenditure per pupil on text and library books adjusted to 1987-88 prices using the GDP deflator, expressed as an index with 1978-79=100 Year |Primary |Secondary ---------------------------------------- 1978-79 |100 |100 1979-80 |103.4 |98.9 1980-81 |92.9 |80.8 1981-82 |94.7 |77.4 1982-83 |95.0 |79.9 1983-84 |116.2 |94.3 1984-85 |117.5 |93.0 1985-86 |104.0 |85.9 1986-87 |123.5 |102.9 1987-88 |125.3 |107.1
Table 4: Expenditure per pupil on text and library books adjusted to 1987-88 prices using the GDP deflator, expressed as an index with 1978-79=100 Year |Primary |Secondary ---------------------------------------- 1978-79 |100 |100 1979-80 |103.4 |98.9 1980-81 |92.9 |80.8 1981-82 |94.7 |77.4 1982-83 |95.0 |79.9 1983-84 |116.2 |94.3 1984-85 |117.5 |93.0 1985-86 |104.0 |85.9 1986-87 |123.5 |102.9 1987-88 |125.3 |107.1
Education (Capital Expenditure)
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total capital expenditure for (a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) further education in each of the years from 1979 to the latest date for which information is available, in cash and real terms.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The information available is given in the following table, which has been compiled from local authority capital payment returns. Expenditure on primary and secondary schools is not separately identified in these returns. The reduction in expenditure in real terms during the period reflects a substantial and progressive decline in pupil numbers.
Capital expenditure by local authorities
£ million
Primary and secondary Further education
schools
Year |At outturn prices|At 1987-88 prices|At outturn prices|At 1987-88 prices
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1979-80 |44.958 |78.936 |5.328 |9.355
1980-81 |49.637 |73.580 |3.408 |5.052
1981-82 |55.165 |74.443 |3.865 |5.216
1982-83 |49.728 |62.631 |5.497 |6.923
1983-84 |43.359 |52.230 |6.687 |8.055
1984-85 |43.431 |49.798 |5.683 |6.516
1985-86 |48.368 |52.618 |4.384 |4.769
1986-87 |43.011 |45.280 |4.339 |4.568
1987-88 |44.340 |44.340 |9.388 |9.388
Note:
The outturn figures have been converted to 1987-88 prices using the GDP deflator.
Museums and Galleries (Attendances)
Mr. Faulds : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will publish in the Official Report the attendance figures for 1988 reported by the national museums and galleries in Scotland, broken down into the individual institutions but including their outstations, with figures in each case of the percentage increase or decrease on the attendance figures for 1987.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The information is as follows :
|1988 |Percentage change since
|1987
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National Galleries of Scotland |510,547 |-2.6
National Museums of Scotland |688,187 |+25.7
The national galleries of Scotland comprise the national gallery of Scotland, the Scottish national gallery of modern art and the Scottish national portrait gallery. The national museums of Scotland comprise the Royal museum of Scotland buildings at Chambers street and Queen street, Edinburgh, the Scottish agricultural museum, the Scottish united services museum, the Museum of flight and the Shambellie museum of costume.
Ex-Members (Appointments)
Mr. Home Robertson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the appointments to public bodies which he has made in respect of (a) the Earl of Ancram, (b) Mr. Michael Hirst, (c) Sir Alex Fletcher, (d) Mrs. Anna McCurley, (e) Mr. John McKay, (f) Mr. Alex Pollock, (g) Mr. Barry Henderson, (h) Mr. John Corrie, (i) Mr. Albert McQuarrie and (j) Mr. Gerry Malone since June 1987.
Mr. Rifkind [holding answer 19 December 1988] : I have made the following appointments :
Michael Ancram :
Member, Board of Scottish Homes
Member, Board of Governors, Napier Polytechnic of Edinburgh Michael Hirst :
Member of the Board of Governors, the Queens College, Glasgow
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Sir Alex Fletcher :Member, Scottish Development Agency
I have not appointed any of the other persons named to any public body.
THE ARTS
Public Building Contracts
101. Mr. Gregory : To ask the Minister for the Arts if consideration has been given to a scheme whereby a proportion of the value of public building contracts would be awarded to the arts.
108. Mr. Knapman : To ask the Minister for the Arts what is his policy towards Per Cent for the Arts ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Luce : I see the great potential of the Per Cent. for Art scheme on a voluntary basis. I welcome the Arts Council's appointment of a steering group to actively promote the scheme and await progress with interest.
Travelling Exhibitions
102. Mr. Devlin : To ask the Minister for the Arts what are the objectives of the travelling exhibition unit of the Museums and Galleries Commission.
Mr. Luce : I attach great importance to the lending of works of art and I am promoting this through my funding of the travelling exhibitions unit and through the Government indemnity scheme. I had the pleasure last week of visiting the unit to see its work of encouraging exhibition touring at first hand.
I am glad to announce that I have agreed additional funding of £42, 000 for the travelling exhibitions unit in 1988-89, to facilitate a touring exhibition drawing on material from the national collections, and to enable the MGC to appoint an adviser on environmental standards and controls.
Victoria and Albert Museum
103. Mr. Sedgemore : To ask the Minister for the Arts whether he has met the board of trustees of the Victoria and Albert museum since March, to discuss the report of the National Audit Office.
Mr. Luce : I met Lord Armstrong, chairman of the Victoria and Albert museum trustees, and Mrs. Elizabeth Esteve-Coll, director of the museum in October last year. A number of important issues were discussed including points raised in the National Audit Office report.
The Government are considering the report of the Public Accounts Committee on the management of collections of the English national museums and galleries, and will respond as soon as possible.
Museums and Galleries
105. Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Minister for the Arts what additional funds have been made available to English national museums and galleries, since March, in response to the report of the National Audit Office on the management of the collections of the English national museums and galleries.
Mr. Luce : Last November I announced the grant-in-aid allocations to the national museums and galleries, which I
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sponsor, to the year 1991-92, rolling forward the three-year funding settlement introduced in 1987. The allocations were intended to help the national institutions in tackling their priority concerns in the management of their collections, including conservation, storage, documentation and building maintenance. An additional £13 million is allocated in 1991-92 for these purposes.The Government are considering the report of the Public Accounts Committee on the management of collections of the English national museums and galleries, and will respond as soon as possible.
111. Mr. Haynes : To ask the Minister for the Arts whether he plans to increase the level of staffing in English national museums and galleries.
116. Mr. Wareing : To ask the Minister for the Arts whether he plans to increase the staffing levels in English national museums and galleries.
117. Mr. Campbell-Savours : To ask the Minister for the Arts what plans he has to increase the level of staffing in national museums.
Mr. Luce : On 3 November I announced increased funding for the National Museums and Galleries as part of the rolling forward of the arts settlement into a new third year, 1991-92. An additional £13 million has been allocated in 1991-92 to help institutions deal with their priority areas of concern. The allocation of these extra resources by institutions is, however, a matter for individual boards of trustees.
114. Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Minister for the Arts how many posts are currently vacant in English national museums and galleries.
Mr. Luce : The information is not available in the precise form requested. It is for the director and trustees of individual institutions to consider how the planned number of staff in post should compare with an institution's theoretical staffing complement.
115. Mrs. Beckett : To ask the Minister for the Arts what action he has taken since March 1988 in response to the National Audit Office report "on the management of the collections of the English national museums and galleries".
Mr. Luce : On 3 November I announced increased funding for the national museums and galleries for the new three-year settlement period. An additional £13 million has been allocated in 1991-92 to help institutions deal with their priority areas of concern, including conservation, storage and building maintenance. The Government are considering the report of the Public Accounts Committee on the management of the collections of the English national museums and galleries and will make their response as soon as possible.
118. Mr. Harry Greenway : To ask the Minister for the Arts when he expects to respond to the first report of the Public Accounts Committee on the management of the collections of the English national museums and galleries HC 28 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Luce : The Government are considering the report's recommendations and will respond as soon as possible.
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Museums (Conservation)
106. Dr. Marek : To ask the Minister for the Arts whether he plans to increase the funds available for conservation in national museums.
Mr. Luce : In the new three-year allocations announced in November I responded to the priorities indicated in the institutions' own corporate plans and increased their provisions by £13 million in 1991-92 for the important work of conservation, storage, documentation, and building and maintenance.
Museum of the Moving Image
107. Mr. Gerald Bowden : To ask the Minister for the Arts what figures he has for attendances at the museum of the moving image.
Mr. Luce : Over 150,000 people have visited the museum of moving image since it opened in mid-September 1988. This is an excellent start and well above the orginal target figure.
Dance Companies
109. Mr. Robert G. Hughes : To ask the Minister for the Arts what is his estimate of the number of professional dance companies in Great Britain at the end of 1988, 1983 and 1978.
Mr. Luce : A total of 34 professional dance companies are funded by the Arts Council and regional arts associations. There are a number of companies existing solely on private funds. Figures requested for earlier years are not available.
London Museums (Attendance)
110. Mr. Bowis : To ask the Minister for the Arts if he will give the latest figures for museum attendance in London.
Mr. Luce : I understand that the estimated number of visitors to museums and galleries in London during 1987 was over 23 million. This is based on the English Tourist Board's sight-seeing survey. The figures for 1988 are not yet available.
Regional Arts Associations
112. Mr. Maclennan : To ask the Minister for the Arts whether he has any plans to alter the present autonomy of regional arts associations.
Mr. Luce : I refer the hon. Member to my recent announcement of a review of the structure and organisation for support of the arts in England at column 255 of 8 December.
Arts (Devon)
113. Mr. Speller : To ask the Minister for the Arts what specific proposals he has for assistance to the arts in Devon for 1989.
Mr. Luce : Provision for the arts in Devon is a matter for the local authority and the south-west regional arts association. The latter invested £453,000 in the county in 1987-88. South-West Arts, together with Devon county
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council and eight district councils, have also commissioned a strategy review for the arts in Devon which should be concluded by March 1989.British Museum
119. Mr. Chris Smith : To ask the Minister for the Arts whether he has met the chairman of the trustees of the British museum since 22 March to discuss the state of his museum's collection.
Mr. Luce : I have met the chairman and director of the museum on a number of occasions in recent months, and my Department is in frequent touch on a wide range of matters with the British museum and with the other institutions which I sponsor. The management of the collections of the British museum is a matter for the trustees and the director.
Arts Bodies (Secondments)
120. Mr. Jack : To ask the Minister for the Arts whether he is aware of any secondments to arts bodies by companies in the United Kingdom of employees possessing managerial or marketing skills.
Mr. Luce : There have been many valuable secondments and attachments to arts bodies over the years. Business in the Arts--an organisation set up by the business community expressly to provide this kind of support for the arts--aims to expand these. In addition, many business men and women sit on the boards of arts bodies and give freely of their time and skills in this way.
National Film and Television School
121. Mr. Greg Knight : To ask the Minister for the Arts whether he will make a statement as to the future of the national film and television school.
Mr. Luce : The school continues to play an important role in providing training for directors, camera staff and other specialists for the audio-visual industry. It is currently developing longer term plans which I shall be looking at with interest. Funding for the school will rise from £1.6 million in 1988-89 to £1.8 million in 1991-92.
Arts (Funding)
122. Mr. John Greenway : To ask the Minister for the Arts what increases in private and corporate funds for the arts he expects to be generated following his recent arts settlement.
Mr. Luce : I am confident that the substantial and continuing provision of Government support for the arts, and the introduction of schemes of incentive funding, will generate growth in private and corporate funding for the arts activities which I sponsor. I welcome the Arts Council's initiative in its recently published five-year plan, to set targets for the private sector support which it seeks to encourage.
123. Mr. Jessel : to ask the Minister of the Arts if he will make a statement on Government support for the arts.
Mr. Luce : I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to my hon. Friend for Warrington, South (Mr. Butler) on 3 November at column 705.
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Art Treasures (Preservation)
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Minister for the Arts what action he is taking to protect Britain's art treasures from deterioration because of poor storage conditions and the backlog of conservation work ; what assistance he will be giving to museums so that an up-to-date stock record of treasures is made ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Luce : Last November I announced the grant-in-aid allocations to the national museums and galleries which I sponsor, to the year 1991-92, rolling forward the three-year funding settlement introduced in 1987. I have made increases specifically to help the national institutions in tackling their priority concerns in the management of their collections, including their conservation, storage, and documentation, and building maintenance.
NATIONAL FINANCE
Civil Service (Recruitment)
135. Mr. Teddy Taylor : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the policy of Her Majesty's Government on the re-employment in the Civil Service of persons retired on grounds of invalidity by the European Economic Community Commission.
Mr. Brooke : The Community terms of service common to all its institutions do not recognise any form of secondment from national Civil Services for permanent staff ; officers must therefore resign from the United Kingdom Civil Service on taking up a permanent appointment with the Communities. Departments have discretion to offer their staffs undertakings about re-instatement. An officer who has been absent for more than five years and is aged 55 or over has no right of return. The normal pre- appointment inquiries carried out by a Department before a reinstated candidate takes up appointment include a check on health.
Civil Service (Dispersal)
136. Mr. Beith : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will make a statement on progress towards the dispersal of more Civil Service posts from the London area to other regions.
Mr. Brooke : The centrally directed dispersal programme affecting 5,900 posts announced in 1979 is virtually complete, and over 6,000 further posts have been relocated from the south-east at departmental initiative.
Departments are now observing Treasury guidelines to review their work locations, with a view to relocating at sites offering easier labour markets and increased cost-effectiveness. With regard to this phase of the Government's relocation policy, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 2 December 1988, at column 414, to my hon. Friend, the Member for Bolton, North-East (Mr. Thurnham).
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