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                      Scotland                                  Strathclyde                               Glasgow                                                       

                     |Number of pupils on |Number of pupils    |Number of pupils on |Number of pupils    |Number of pupils on |Number of pupils                         

                     |register            |receiving free meals|register            |receiving free meals|register            |receiving free meals                     

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1974                 |1,037,183           |130,427             |526,100             |73,419              |not available       |32,177                                   

1975                 |1,036,757           |121,977             |521,979             |71,604              |164,773             |33,244                                   

1976                 |1,041,826           |116,805             |524,252             |71,086              |175,991             |32,179                                   

1977                 |1,035,804           |117,790             |520,188             |71,390              |169,601             |32,726                                   

1978                 |1,017,103           |155,716             |503,097             |94,357              |157,181             |39,239                                   

1979                 |1,003,825           |142,989             |485,962             |84,999              |146,456             |37,234                                   

1980                 |971,329             |122,618             |470,120             |72,881              |137,931             |31,743                                   

1981                 |953,683             |114,713             |460,676             |74,565              |137,081             |32,913                                   

1982                 |926,838             |124,547             |444,241             |79,406              |130,808             |34,156                                   

1983                 |899,133             |132,953             |427,751             |85,426              |124,377             |36,045                                   

1984                 |868,606             |129,335             |410,352             |82,348              |117,479             |33,791                                   

1985                 |848,417             |136,669             |399,568             |84,096              |112,266             |33,947                                   

1986                 |828,507             |136,627             |389,006             |84,659              |108,985             |34,059                                   

1987                 |813,812             |143,194             |381,480             |87,362              |104,821             |34,671                                   

1988                 |796,404             |145,219             |371,871             |87,147              |101,917             |35,337                                   

1989                 |785,687             |105,232             |366,126             |63,905              |99,226              |27,053                                   

Housing Policy

Mr. Wray : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has any plans to change his housing policies in the light of the results of the survey for East Kilbride district council that the majority of people living in new towns consider the district councils as the best landlords and want their tenancies transferred to their district councils.

Mr. Lang : No. The Government have consistently stated that they would not pre-empt any decision about future landlord choice for new town tenants without first seeking the views of tenants themselves. The position in each town will be carefully considered once an order for the dissolution of its development corporation has been made, and formal consultations will be held with the development corporations, district councils and representative tenant groups to review the position and to determine the type of transfers which will take place in the period between the making of the dissolution order and dissolution itself. The survey commissioned by East Kilbride district council was confined to the town of East Kilbride. It is not therefore representative of the views of tenants in all five Scottish new towns. The results of that survey did not confirm that "the majority of people living in the new towns" consider the district council as the "best landlord".


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Public Service Salaries

Mr. Wray : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is for each year since 1974 the average rate of increase in the salaries of (a) National Health Service ambulance staff, (b) teachers, (c) National Health Service nurses and (d) the police force in Scotland.

Mr. Michael Forsyth : The information is not readily available in the form requested. I shall therefore write to the hon. Member.

Infant Mortality

Mr. Wray : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what is for each year since 1974 the number of babies born (a) in Scotland, (b) in the Strathclyde region and (c) in Greater Glasgow, with incurable diseases which had been the subject of pre-natal screening tests ;

(2) what is for each year since 1974 the number of babies born with incurable diseases in (a) Scotland, (b) Strathclyde region and (c) Greater Glasgow.

Mr. Michael Forsyth : This information is not held centrally.

Conciliation Service

Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the annual funding level for a conciliation service in Scotland ; and whether his Department funds a director's post for this service.

Mr. Lang : The Scottish Office provides grant under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 to the Scottish


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Association of Family Conciliation Services, the co-ordinating body for conciliation in Scotland. Total grant payable in the current year is £48,500 and allows for a full-time director. The Department does not provide grant for local family conciliation services.


 

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