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Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The available information is set out in the following table. Comparable figures were not collected for 1978.
|c|Dwellings below tolerable standard at 31 March,
Scotland<1>|c|
Thousands
|1979 |1987 |1988
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Dwellings below tolerable
standard |121 |56 |<2>57
Lacking one or more standard
amenity (sink, hot water and
inside WC)<3><4> |71 |31 |27
Lacking a fixed bath or
shower<3><4> |73 |29 |24
No information is available on how many people
occupied these dwellings.
<1> Including most recent year's figure for those
authorities whose returns are outstanding.
<2> Increase in 1988 figure due to change in the
basis of compilation of Glasgow district council's
return.
<3> Some local authorities were unable to provide
information on dwellings in this category.
<4> A dwelling may be recorded in both these
categories and there is therefore an element of
double-counting.
NHS (Repairs)
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the capital repairs backlog in the Scottish National Health Service in current prices in each year from 1978-79 to 1987-88.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The information is not available centrally in the form requested.
Schools (Capital Spending)
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total capital spending in Scottish schools in current prices in each year from 1978-79 to 1987-88.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave him on 16 January at column 69 which gave details of capital expenditure from 1979-80 to 1987-88. In 1978-79 the capital expenditure on local authority primary and secondary schools was £49.72 million (at outturn prices) and £102.021 million (at 1987-88 prices).
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House Repossessions
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the total number of house repossessions in Scotland in 1979, 1987 and 1988, respectively.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The Building Societies Association publishes statistics on the number of repossessions by building societies in the United Kingdom as a whole, but no corresponding information is available for Scotland only. No information is held centrally on other mortgage lenders.
Crime Statistics
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the annual crime detection rates for all crimes and for violent crimes for each year since 1978.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The information requested is set out in the table :
Clear-up rate
(percentage)
Year |Total crimes |Violent crimes<1>
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1978 |29.7 |53.2
1979 |30.0 |55.3
1980 |32.6 |61.6
1981 |31.2 |62.3
1982 |29.8 |61.7
1983 |30.9 |63.2
1984 |30.8 |61.6
1985 |33.6 |65.4
1986 |34.2 |67.5
1987 |34.9 |66.4
<2>1988 |34.0 |66.7
<1>Comprises group 1 (non-sexual crimes of violence) and the sexual
assault category from group 2 (crimes of indecency) of the Scottish
Home and Health Department classification of crimes and offences.
<2>Provisional.
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what were (a) the total number of crimes and (b) the number of violent crimes committed in Scotland annually from 1978.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The information requested is set out in the table :
Number recorded
Year |Total crimes |Violent crimes<1>
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1978 |334,957 |11,222
1979 |346,680 |11,279
1980 |364,587 |12,347
1981 |408,204 |13,418
1982 |435,081 |13,221
1983 |448,260 |14,285
1984 |474,913 |15,178
1985 |461,970 |16,487
1986 |463,837 |17,008
1987 |481,230 |19,733
<2>1988 |469,986 |19,193
<1> Comprises group 1 (non-sexual crimes of violence) and the sexual
assault category from group 2 (crimes of indecency) of the Scottish
Home and Health Department classification of crimes and offences.
<2> Provisional.
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Housing Repairs
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many dwellings in (a) the public sector and (b) the private rented sector were in need of repair in(i) 1978-79 and (ii) 1987-88.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : This information is not held centrally.
Overcrowding
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many households lived in overcrowded conditions in 1978, 1979, 1987 and 1988.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : This information is not held centrally.
Manufacturing
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of people in employment in manufacturing in Scotland in the first quarter of 1979, and the last quarter of 1988.
Mr. Lang : The seasonally adjusted number of employees in employment in Scottish manufacturing in the first quarter of 1979 was some 606,000. Figures for the last quarter of 1988 are not yet available. The number in the third quarter is provisionally estimated at around 399,000. The latter estimate may be revised when the results of the 1987 census of employment become available.
Capital Formation
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the Scottish gross domestic fixed capital formation in current prices in (a) education, (b) health and social services, (c) housing and (d) community development in 1978-79 and 1987-88.
Mr. Ian Lang : Estimates of gross domestic fixed capital formation in Scotland by function of government are prepared annually by the Central Statistical Office. The estimates relate to calendar years and do not separate housing from community development. The latest available estimates are :
|c|Gross domestic fixed capital formation in
Scotland by certain|c|
|c|functions of Government|c|
£ million
|1978|1986
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Education |64 |72
Health and social services |62 |119
Housing and community development |270 |411
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total gross domestic capital formation in current prices in total and per head in Scotland for 1978-79 and 1987-88.
Mr. Lang : Estimates of gross domestic fixed capital formation (GDFCF) for Scotland are available only for certain sectors : agriculture, forestry and fishing ; energy and water supply ; manufacturing ; transport and communication (excluding shipping and air transport) ; and dwellings. In 1986 these sectors accounted for 57 per cent. of United Kingdom GDFCF (excluding the continental shelf region).
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The estimates are prepared by the Central Statistical Office and relate to calendar years, the latest available being 1986. The figure for 1978 is on a slightly different basis, but the changes are likely to have affected the estimates by under 1 per cent.
|c|Gross domestic fixed capital formation
in certain industries and|c|
|c|dwellings: Scotland|c|
|1978 |1986
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£ million, current prices |2,071|3,094
£ per head of population |400 |600
Children
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of Scottish children living in families where the head of the household was unemployed annually from 1978.
Mr. Lang : The estimated number of dependent children aged 18 years or under in households in Scotland where the head was unemployed is 120,000 in 1988, according to preliminary results from the spring 1988 labour force survey. The equivalent estimate for spring 1981 was 136,000. These estimates are subject to sampling errors.
Estimates are not available from the 1979 survey and could be obtained for the remaining years for which there were surveys only at disproportionate cost.
Housing Construction
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of housing starts and completions in the public and private sector in Scotland in 1979, 1987 and 1988.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The information requested on housing starts and completions for 1979 and 1987 was published in tables 4 and 3 respectively of Scottish Development Department Statistical Bulletin HSU No. 5, Housing Trends in Scotland quarter ended 30 June 1988, which was issued on 15 March 1989. Returns for 1988 are not yet complete.
School Leavers
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many school leavers in Scotland in total and in percentage terms entered (a) further and (b) higher education in 1979, 1987 and 1988 ;
(2) how many school leavers in Scotland have entered full-time employment annually in total and percentage terms for each year from 1978.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The information for each year since 1978 is not readily available. The most recent information from the biennial Scottish young people's survey relating to the destination of school leavers was published by the Scottish Education Department in its statistical bulletin school leavers' destinations (No. 12/E1/1988) published in December 1988 which is available in the Library.
School Books
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the spending on books (a) per primary pupil and (b) per secondary pupil in Scotland in current prices for 1978-79 and 1987-88.
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Mr. Michael Forsyth : I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave him on 16 January at columns 67-70 and the corrected tables accompanying my letter to him of 9 March.
|c|Table 2|c|
|c|Expenditure per pupil on text and library books and|c|
|c|on educational tools, equipment and materials adjusted to|c|
|c|1987-88 prices using the GDP deflator|c|
(£)
|Books |Educational tools,
|equipment and materials
|Primary |Secondary |Primary |Secondary
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1978-79 |9.32 |17.05 |n/a |n/a
1979-80 |9.64 |16.87 |n/a |n/a
1980-81 |8.66 |13.77 |n/a |n/a
1981-82 |8.83 |13.20 |n/a |n/a
1982-83 |8.85 |12.63 |10.30 |34.42
1983-84 |10.83 |16.08 |8.77 |30.55
1984-85 |10.95 |15.86 |10.22 |34.50
1985-86 |9.69 |14.65 |9.06 |32.92
1986-87 |11.51 |17.55 |9.39 |35.64
1987-88 |9.25 |12.93 |11.71 |44.42
|c|Table 2|c|
|c|Expenditure per pupil on text and library books and|c|
|c|on educational tools, equipment and materials adjusted to|c|
|c|1987-88 prices using the GDP deflator|c|
(£)
|Books |Educational tools,
|equipment and materials
|Primary |Secondary |Primary |Secondary
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1978-79 |9.32 |17.05 |n/a |n/a
1979-80 |9.64 |16.87 |n/a |n/a
1980-81 |8.66 |13.77 |n/a |n/a
1981-82 |8.83 |13.20 |n/a |n/a
1982-83 |8.85 |12.63 |10.30 |34.42
1983-84 |10.83 |16.08 |8.77 |30.55
1984-85 |10.95 |15.86 |10.22 |34.50
1985-86 |9.69 |14.65 |9.06 |32.92
1986-87 |11.51 |17.55 |9.39 |35.64
1987-88 |9.25 |12.93 |11.71 |44.42
|c|Table 3: Expenditure per pupil on text and library books at outturn|c| |c|prices expressed as an index with 1978-79=100|c| Year |Primary |Secondary ---------------------------------------- 1978-79 |100.0 |100.0 1979-80 |120.9 |115.6 1980-81 |128.6 |111.8 1981-82 |144.1 |117.6 1982-83 |154.8 |120.7 1983-84 |198.0 |160.6 1984-85 |210.4 |166.4 1985-86 |196.3 |162.1 1986-87 |240.7 |200.6 1987-88 |203.7 |155.6
|c|Table 4: Expenditure per pupil on text and library books adjusted to|c| |c|1987-88 prices using the GDP deflator, expressed as an index with|c| |c|1978-79=100|c| Year |Primary |Secondary ---------------------------------------- 1978-79 |100.0 |100.0 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 |99.2 |75.8
Annex B
|c|Expenditure on text and library books|c|
Year |Primary |Secondary|Primary |Secondary
at outturn prices at 1987-88 prices
------------------------------------------------------------
1978-79 |2.584 |3.411 |5.302 |6.999
1979-80 |2.994 |3.944 |5.257 |6.925
1980-81 |3.026 |3.790 |4.486 |5.618
1981-82 |3.222 |3.953 |4.348 |5.334
1982-83 |3.290 |4.004 |4.444 |5.043
1983-84 |4.027 |5.214 |4.851 |6.281
1984-85 |4.178 |5.173 |4.791 |5.931
1985-86 |3.882 |4.857 |4.223 |5.284
1986-87 |4.734 |5.740 |4.984 |6.043
1987-88 |3.986 |4.230 |3.986 |4.230
Forestry
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total area of applications for forestry grants and the area of that relating to new afforestation since 1 July 1988 ; and what is the total area of forestry grant applications for which environmental assessment has been requested since that date.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : From 21 June 1988, when the scheme opened to applications, to 28 February 1989, the Forestry Commission received applications for entry to the woodland grant scheme covering 49,297 hectares, of which 29,271 hectares were for new planting. The environmental assessment provisions came into force on 15 July 1988. Since then, the Forestry Commission has requested environmental assessments on about 3,100 hectares of applications for new planting.
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the area of land approved for grant aid for afforestation in each Forestry Commission conservency under (a) the forestry grant scheme, (b) the broadleaved woodland grant scheme and (c) the woodland grant scheme in the year beginning 1 April 1987 and the period 1 April to 31 December 1988 ; and if he will instruct the Forestry Commission henceforth to publish such figures in its annual reports.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The information is given in the following tables. I have asked the Forestry Commissioners to consider whether more detailed information on private planting might reasonably be provided in their annual reports.
|c|Period 1 April 1987 to 31 March 1988|c|
Area approved for new
planting (hectares)
Conservancy |Forestry grant scheme|Broadleaved woodland
|grant scheme
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
North England |2,588 |297
East England |174 |512
West England |6 |676
Wales |557 |333
North Scotland |13,638 |298
Mid Scotland |5,898 |397
South Scotland |12,660 |465
|--- |---
Total |35,521 |2,978
|c|Period 1 April 1988 to 31 December
1988|c|
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North England |15 |15 |550
East England |23 |34 |829
West England |74 |103 |577
Wales |18 |24 |505
North Scotland |2,406|51 |2,828
Mid Scotland |437 |84 |1,489
South Scotland |2,412|77 |1,561
|--- |--- |---
Total |5,385|388 |8,339
Crofters (Tree Growing)
Mr. Maclennan : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he will take to enable crofters to grow trees on common grazings ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : I refer the hon. Member to my reply of 7 March at column 486 to a question tabled by the hon. Member for Argyll and Bute (Mrs. Michie).
Road Bridge (Dornoch Firth)
Mr. Maclennan : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the anticipated start date for construction of the road crossing of the Dornoch Firth ; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Owing to unforeseen difficulties with soil condition, work is not now expected to start on the actual bridge construction until mid-summer, although preparatory works are continuing.
Mr. Maclennan : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the nature of the technical difficulties delaying determination of the final design of the foundations of the road bridge over the Dornoch Firth.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Soil investigation by the contractor indicated that further verification of the load carrying capacity of soils is required. This may result in some refinement and development of the foundation design.
Criminal Injuries Compensation Board
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will publish in the Official Report the number of children who received compensation from the Scottish Criminal Injuries Compensation Board for physical or psychological injuries suffered in cases of physical or sexual abuse in each of the past seven years ; what was the range of the sums of compensation ; and what was the average amount awarded to children following such cases ; (2) what consultations he proposes to undertake to ensure that any regulations made in terms of rule 14 of schedule 7 to the Criminal Justice Act 1988 go as far as possible to facilitate the success of applications on behalf of children who have suffered physical or sexual abuse and whose parents are either unwilling or unable to act on their behalf ; and if he will make a statement ;
(3) if he has drafted regulations using his power under rule 14 of schedule 7 to the Criminal Justice Act 1988 to prescribe the circumstances and method by which one person may act for another in relation to a claim for
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compensation to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board to manage the payment and investments of awards to persons below the age of 18 years ; and if he will make a statement.Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Since the criminal injuries compensation scheme operates on a Great Britain basis, I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to him today by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department.
Boundary Commission (Members)
Mr. Allan Stewart : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland who are the present members of the Boundary Commission for Scotland ; and for what terms they have been appointed.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The members of the Boundary Commission for Scotland are :
Mr. Speaker, ex-officio, Chairman
The honourable Lord Davidson--appointed by the Lord President of the Court of Session on 25 September 1985 and subsequently re-appointed. Professor Urlan A. Wannop--appointed by the Secretary of State for Scotland on 6 June 1983 and subsequently re-appointed.
Mr. Adam R. Napier--appointed by the Secretary of State on 2 May 1985 and subsequently re-appointed.
The appointed members' terms of office expire on 31 December 1993.
Electricity Boards
Mr. Bill Walker : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has agreed a financial target for 1989-90 for the Scottish electricity boards.
Mr. Rifkind : I have agreed with the Scottish electricity boards that the financial target for 1989-90 is for the boards jointly to achieve a return of 2.7 per cent. on net assets valued on a current cost basis. This compares with a target of 2.8 per cent. for 1988-89. The target has been set for the boards jointly to reflect their shared responsibility for nuclear generation.
Health Boards
Mr. Bill Walker : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what financial allocations he has made to health boards for 1989-90.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : My right hon. and learned Friend has allocated £1,875 million to health boards to meet their gross recurrent expenditure commitments on hospital and community health services in 1989- 90. This figure includes £38 million allocated for specific commitments, including cardiac surgery and AIDS. After expected income is taken into account, the net cash limited allocations to individual health boards are as follows :
|c|1989-90 recurrent expenditure (net)|c|
Health board |£ million
------------------------------------------------
Argyll and Clyde |132.025
Ayrshire and Arran |102.420
Borders |29.605
Dumfries and Galloway |48.956
Fife |94.488
Forth Valley |89.024
Grampian |170.364
Greater Glasgow |473.907
Highland |71.779
Lanarkshire |151.699
Lothian |294.977
Orkney |5.466
Shetland |6.464
Tayside |170.703
Western Isles |9.774
|----
Total |1,851.651
Hospital and Community Health Services Capital
Mr. Bill Walker : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the proposed distribution of the hospital and community health services capital for 1989-90.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : My right hon. and learned Friend has allocated £148.8 million to health boards to meet their gross capital expenditure commitments on hospital and community health services in 1989- 90. This includes £35.7 million specifically for the improvement and upgrading of the NHS estate.
The allocations to individual health boards are as follows :
|c|Capital allocation|c|
Health boards |£ million
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Argyll and Clyde |8.600
Ayrshire and Arran |18.300
Borders |2.000
Dumfries and Galloway |2.250
Fife |3.300
Forth Valley |7.800
Grampian |12.900
Greater Glasgow |28.350
Highland |3.600
Lanarkshire |9.000
Lothian |32.800
Orkney |0.975
Shetland |1.575
Tayside |12.000
Western Isles |5.350
|----
Total |148.800
This is an increase of 35 per cent. over comparable figures for the current financial year and confirms the Government's commitment to maintaining the biggest ever hospital building programme in the NHS.
Parole
Sir Nicholas Fairbairn : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when the report of the committee on parole and related issues in Scotland, chaired by Lord Kincraig, is to be published ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Rifkind : The report of Lord Kincraig's committee was published this morning and copies have been placed in the Library of the House. We are all indebted to Lord Kincraig and the other members of his committee for producing such a clear and balanced report within a year of their first meeting.
The Kincraig committee recommend the retention of a parole system, because parole recognises the possibility of change in an individual or his circumstances over time, and enables long-term prisoners to be released selectively on this basis. They recommend, however, that the scope of parole should be restricted to those serving over five years,
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and that prisoners should be eligible for consideration only after serving one half of their sentences, instead of one third, as at present. All long-term prisoners would be liable to supervision on release. Prisoners serving five years or less would no longer be eligible for parole, but instead a system of conditional early release would apply to them. Under this system they would be released after serving half of their overall sentence, but would be automatically recalled to prison to serve the outstanding balance of their sentence if they were reconvicted.The committee has also recommended changes in parole procedures, which are intended to make the process less cumbersome and more open. Parole applicants would have the chance to put their case to a panel of three parole board members, and would be entitled to be given reasons for a refusal of parole.
The committee was also asked to look at a number of related issues. The committee recommended no change in the formal role of the Secretary of State in the parole system ; no alteration in the present arrangements for supervision for released prisoners by local authority social workers ; and funding of the supervision of released prisoners by central Government on an agency basis. Their recommendations on life sentence prisoners will fall to be considered in the light of the report of the House of Lords Select Committee on Murder and the Release of Life Sentence Prisoners, now in session. They recommend against the introduction of suspended or part- suspended sentences into Scots law but (by majority) recommend that all custodial sentences should be backdated to the date when the offender was first remanded in custody, unless there are special reasons for not doing so.
The report raises issues of considerable public importance, and before deciding on what action might be taken to implement it, I would be glad to receive views on the report which interested parties may wish to put to me. These should be submitted to me by 30 June.
Schools (Self-Government)
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the organisations and individuals who have responded to the consultative paper on self-governing schools ; and how many of these have indicated support for the proposals.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : Seventy-five organisations and individuals have commented on our explanatory paper as at 15 March.
Education Authorities
Borders
Dumfries and Galloway
Fife
Grampian
Highland
Lothian
National Bodies
Association of Directors of Education in Scotland
Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
Commission for Racial Equality
Educational Institute of Scotland
General Teaching Council for Scotland
Moray House College
Professional Association of Teachers
Scottish Association of Children's Panels
Scottish Consumer Council
Scottish Examination Board
Scottish Parent Teacher Council
Scottish Secondary Teachers Association
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Scottish Spina Bifida AssociationScottish Trades Union Congress
Society of Information Technology Managers
Local Organisations
Auchenblae School PTA (Laurencekirk)
Avoch School Association (Fortrose)
Bearsden Primary School PTA
Borders Federation of Parents and Teachers
Boroughmuir School Council
Central Mainland School Council (Shetland)
Charleston Academy School Council
Coldstream Primary PTA
Corstorphine Primary PTA
Crombie School PTA (Aberdeen)
Currie High School Council
Deans Community High School Council (Livingston)
Dunbar School Council
Ferryhill School PTA (Aberdeen)
Fort Augustus Secondary School Council
Glenrothes School Council
Glen Urquhart High School Council
Grampian Community Relations Council
Hamilton Schools Council
Hillhead PTA (Glasgow)
Hyndland Secondary School EIS (Glasgow)
Inveralmond Community High School (Livingston)
Inverness Royal Academy School Council
Islay and Jura School Council
Kincardine and Deeside Social and Liberal Democrats
Kingussie High School Council
Lerwick, Bressay and Quarff School Council
Linlithgow Academy School Council
Lorn Coll and Colonsay Schools Council
Mid Argyll Schools Council
Peebles School Council
Plockton High School College Council
Royal High School Council
St. Andrews School Council
St. Patricks Primary PTA (Dumbarton)
South Morningside Primary PTA
Tomnacross PTA (Inverness-shire)
Torphins PTA
Wester Hailes Education Centre Council
Westhill Academy PTA (Aberdeen)
Westhill Primary PTA (Aberdeen)
The paper sought comment on the mechanics of implementation rather than the principle of self-governing status, which will be for individual schools to determine.
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