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Expenditure, Derbyshire
Mr. McLoughlin: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much was spent in total on education in Derbyshire at constant prices in each of the last 20 years. [16299]
Mr. Robin Squire: The table shows total expenditure by Derbyshire local education authority from 1974 75 to 1993 94, the latest year for which provisional outturn figures are available. These figures have not been adjusted for any changes of function.
|Gross Expenditure
|(1994-95 prices)
Derbyshire County |£ million
Council
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1974-75 |381,861.4
1975-76 |387,288.2
1976-77 |395,135.5
1977-78 |372,438.5
1978-79 |378,791.1
1979-80 |369,800.4
1980-81 |378,639.3
1981-82 |381,745.2
1982-83 |379,909.1
1983-84 |382,882.8
1984-85 |385,540.5
1985-86 |388,305.3
1986-87 |414,685.8
1987-88 |437,179.5
1988-89 |451,680.7
1989-90 |461,473.9
1990-91 |451,060.5
1991-92 |450,054.8
1992-93 |461,817.8
1993-94<1> |380,087.7
<1> Provisional
Mr. McLoughlin: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much was spent per pupils in Derbyshire in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in each of the last 20 years at constant prices. [16481]
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Mr. Robin Squire: The table shows expenditure by Derbyshire local education authority on (a) pre-primary and primary pupils combined, and on (b) secondary pupils from 1974 75 to 1993 94, the latest year for which provisional outturn figures are available.
Derbyshire County Council
Spending per pupil (1994-95 prices)
|Nursery/Primary|Secondary
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1974-75 |1,212 |2,061
1975-76 |1,081 |1,840
1976-77 |1,102 |1,835
1977-78 |1,044 |1,715
1978-79 |1,064 |1,746
1979-80 |1,049 |1,677
1980-81 |1,071 |1,585
1981-82 |1,119 |1,624
1982-83 |1,158 |1,654
1983-84 |1,206 |1,713
1984-85 |1,217 |1,761
1985-86 |1,235 |1,838
1986-87 |1,346 |2,064
1987-88 |1,426 |2,277
1988-89 |1,470 |2,458
1989-90 |1,550 |2,491
1990-91 |1,588 |2,448
1991-92 |1,587 |2,404
1992-93 |1,657 |2,429
1993-94<1> |1,632 |2,258
<1> Provisional
Mr. McLoughlin: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the amount held back by Derbyshire county council of its total education budget. [16482]
Mr. Robin Squire: In the financial year 1994 95, Derbyshire county council is retaining 31.3 per cent. of its general schools budget.
Virtual Universities
Mr. Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans her Department has to explore the concept of virtual universities. [16384]
Mr. Boswell: None. The use of information technology in teaching, learning and research is primarily a matter for individual universities and colleges. The higher education funding councils will shortly be consulting higher education institutions on issues surrounding the exploitation of information systems with a view to considering a strategy for their use in higher education over the next decade.
Public Relations
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what guidelines her Department has issued to its agencies and other public bodies under its authority in respect of the employment of public relations companies and the procedures to be adopted in relation to requesting tenders for public relations companies. [16207]
Mr. Forth: Central Government conventions for the use of public relations companies are set out in a working guide for Government information officers, a copy of which is available in the Library. The same conventions generally apply to executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much her Department spent on public relations during the financial year 1993 94; how much
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contracts with the private sector cost; and if she will list the activities covered by these contracts. [16281]Mr. Forth: The Department does not employ public relation companies.
School Places
Mr. McLoughlin: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much an unfilled place costs at (a) a primary school and (b) a secondary school. [16300]
Mr. Robin Squire: The national average premises-related cost of maintaining a school place is estimated to be £182 a year for a primary school and £303 a year for a secondary school at 1995 96 prices. The actual cost and the scope for realising savings from removal of surplus school places in practice will depend on local circumstances.
Private Finance Initiative
Mr. Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will state the cost of producing and distributing to schools her recent document about the private finance initiative being used in education. [16479]
Mr. Forth: The total cost of designing and printing the document about the private finance initiative in education, "Education means Business" was £101,000. Distribution of one copy to schools cost some £18,400. The chief target audience for the booklet was the business community.
Mr. Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the value and scope of capital spending projects in schools which have taken advantage of the private finance initiative. [16480]
Mr. Robin Squire: This information is not available centrally. We are, however, actively reviewing ways in which school-business partnerships may be further encouraged to enable private sector investment and expertise to play its full part in education provision.
Student Hardship
Mr. Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what recent representations she has received from university administrators and student unions on students facing hardship. [16387]
Mr. Boswell: My right hon. Friend has received a number of representations from university administrators and student unions on the subject of student support.
Teaching and Research
Mr. Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps her Department is taking to ensure parity of esteem between teaching and research in higher education. [16385]
Mr. Boswell: My right hon. Friend attaches importance to both teaching and research. It is however for individual universities and colleges to decide on the relative weight to attach to each in the light of their institutional missions.
BMA Medical Students' Committee
Dr. Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what were her reasons for refusal on 13
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February to meet the British Medical Association's medical students' committee. [16117]Mr. Boswell: I wrote again on 15 March to explain that the pressure of other commitments means that I am unable to meet representatives of the medical students' committee. I am well aware of the arguments advanced by the BMA medical students' committee, and have answered the points raised in correspondence.
Student Support
Dr. Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what representations she has received concerning the level of maintenance grant and loans for (a) all students and (b) medical students. [16116]
Mr. Boswell: My right hon. Friend has received a number of representations for a variety of reasons about levels of student support, both for all students and for medical students.
Mr. Madden: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what financial support is available from public funds to a person, born in 1976, who is studying at college for more than 20 hours a week and whose parents are in receipt of income support; and if she will make a statement.
Mr. Boswell [holding answer 17 February 1995]: The person could apply to his or her local education authority for a discretionary award. The decision on how many awards to make, to whom, and the rate payable is a matter purely for LEAs. Anyone over 18 can also apply for a career development loan. These are designed to cover course fees and other living costs. The person may also be eligible for a mandatory award depending on the type of course. In addition, depending on his or her exact age and circumstances, some social security benefits might be available.
Special Schools
Mr. Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what percentage of statutory age pupils attended a special school in each local education authority as at January 1994; and what was the percentage nationally. [14989]
Mr. Forth [holding answer 20 March 1995]: The information requested is set out in the table.
Percentage of pupils of compulsory school age
attending maintained special schools in each
Local Education Authority in England
January 1994
|Percentage of pupils
|attending
LEA |special schools
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Corporation of London |0.00
Camden |1.68
Greenwich |2.12
Hackney |2.44
Hammersmith |2.41
Islington |1.40
Kensington and Chelsea |0.47
Lambeth |3.14
Lewisham |1.68
Southwark |1.53
Tower Hamlets |1.70
Wandsworth |3.30
Westminster |1.05
Barking |0.74
Barnet |0.70
Bexley |0.92
Brent |1.19
Bromley |1.04
Croydon |1.26
Ealing |1.30
Enfield |1.10
Haringey |1.31
Harrow |0.79
Havering |0.60
Hillingdon |1.29
Hounslow |1.32
Kingston upon Thames |1.41
Merton |1.27
Newham |0.62
Redbridge |1.37
Richmond upon Thames |0.86
Sutton |1.10
Waltham Forest |2.22
Birmingham |1.75
Coventry |1.88
Dudley |1.42
Sandwell |1.75
Solihull |0.91
Walsall |1.13
Wolverhampton |1.39
Knowsley |2.40
Liverpool |2.06
St. Helens |1.71
Sefton |0.95
Wirral |1.56
Bolton |1.14
Bury |1.11
Manchester |2.35
Oldham |1.17
Rochdale |1.45
Salford |1.24
Stockport |0.96
Tameside |1.31
Trafford |1.24
Wigan |1.97
Barnsley |0.44
Doncaster |1.49
Rotherham |1.54
Sheffield |1.28
Bradford |0.86
Calderdale |0.43
Kirklees |1.14
Leeds |0.93
Wakefield |1.34
Gateshead |1.36
Newcastle upon Tyne |1.95
North Tyneside |1.56
South Tyneside |1.54
Sunderland |1.52
Isles of Scilly |0.00
Avon |1.62
Bedfordshire |1.36
Berkshire |1.57
Buckinghamshire |1.71
Cambridgeshire |1.02
Cheshire |0.94
Cleveland |1.50
Cornwall |0.42
Cumbria |0.32
Derbyshire |0.87
Devon |1.35
Dorset |1.34
Durham |1.24
East Sussex |1.59
Essex |1.20
Gloucestershire |1.75
Hampshire |1.60
Hereford and Worcester |1.21
Hertfordshire |1.41
Humberside |0.91
Isle of Wight |1.34
Kent |1.38
Lancashire |1.51
Leicestershire |0.79
Lincolnshire |1.31
Norfolk |0.91
North Yorkshire |1.04
Northamptonshire |1.14
Northumberland |1.17
Nottinghamshire |0.92
Oxfordshire |1.08
Shropshire |0.85
Somerset |0.98
Staffordshire |1.42
Suffolk |0.85
Surrey |1.62
Warwickshire |1.54
West Sussex |1.35
Wiltshire |0.95
England |1.30
SCOTLAND
Training and Enterprise Programmes
Ms Short: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland in what ways the eligibility, financial and operating rules which apply to local enterprise companies in Scotland differ from those outlined in the 1995 96 training and enterprise council operating agreement for (a) youth training and youth credits and (b ) training for work; and if he will make a statement. [15158]
Mr. Kynoch: The rules which govern the delivery by local enterprise companies in Scotland of the principal Government-funded training and enterprise programmes for 1995 96 are set out in an operating agreement between Scottish Enterprise/Highlands and Islands Enterprise and the local enterprise companies which follows closely that for training and enterprise councils.
Housing, Wigtown
Mr. Foulkes: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the legal status of the Wigtown housing association and its membership; what funds have been provided to it from public sources; and if he will make a statement. [15816]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: In developing proposals for the transfer of its housing stock to a locally based housing association, Wigtown district council has supported the formation of Wigtown housing association. I understand that the steering group of Wigtown housing association has recently applied for registration as a friendly society in terms of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965. It expects to apply in due course for registration with Scottish Homes. Current membership
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proposals are for a voluntary board of management with 16 members, comprising three local authority members, six tenants and seven other local people with the skills necessary to run such an organisation. I understand that the council intends to apply for the consent of the Secretary of State, in terms of section 25 of the Local Government Act 1988, to provide financial assistance towards the new association's setting-up costs.Mr. Foulkes: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what request he has received from Wigtown district council regarding the transfer of its housing stock to a housing association; what response he has made; and if he will make a statement. [15814]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: Wigtown district council has not yet applied to the Secretary of State for consent to transfer its housing stock to a locally based housing association, although I am aware that the council is currently developing proposals in consultation with tenants. The Secretary of State is generally sympathetic to requests from local authorities to transfer housing stock; each case is considered on it merits and must command the support of the tenants involved.
Mr. Foulkes: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has received concerning the proposed transfer of housing stock by Wigtown district council to a housing association; if the council has drawn to his attention potential conflicts of interest; what has been his response; and if he will make a statement. [15815]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The Secretary of State has received six representations from two individuals on a range of issues connected with the proposed transfer of Wigtown district council's housing stock, including the potential for conflict of interest. The question of conflict of interest is primarily a matter for the council to address. The council is aware that it will have to take steps to avoid any conflict of interest, particularly in the context of discussions of financial arrangements, which may arise in the stock transfer process.
Mr. McAllion: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he plans to publish his revised guidance to local authorities relating to large-scale voluntary transfers of their housing stock; and if he will take steps to prevent authorities with special reference to Wigtown district council carrying through such transfers before the guidance has been published. [16821]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: I expect that revised guidance to local authorities on large-scale voluntary transfers of housing stock will be issued by early summer. This will replace advice issued in 1988 which currently guides local authorities transferring stock. There is no reason why Wigtown district council should not seek to develop proposals for a transfer of stock before publication of the revised guidance.
Housing Stock Transfer
Mr. Foulkes: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proposals he has received from district councils for transfer of housing stocks to housing associations or private landlords. [15817]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The Secretary of State receives many requests from district councils to transfer housing to housing associations and private
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landlords. Since January 1989, he has approved over 180 applications to transfer a total of over 13,000 houses to the private sector, mainly to locally based housing associations.Environmentally Sensitive Area Payments
Mr. Macdonald: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many farmers or crofters in Scotland received environmentally sensitive area payments greater than (a) £100,000, (b) £50,000, (c) £10, 000, (d) £5,000 or (e) £1,000 in the last year for which figures are available. [15523]
Sir Hector Monro: The information, in the format requested, is set out in the following table. The figures are for 1993 94, the latest year for which information is available.
3 Farmers/crofters receiving payments of more |Number than: --------------------------------------------------- (a) £100,000 |- (b) £50,000 |- (c) £10,000 |- (d) £5,000 |10 (e) £1,000 |278
In addition, a number of participants received payments of £1,000 or less.
Hospital and Health Service Contracts
Mr. Nicholas Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the contracts for hospital and health services awarded so far under the competitive tendering process by (a) Argyll and Clyde, (b) Western Isles, (c) Tayside, (d) Shetland, (e) Orkney, (f) Lothian, (g) Lanarkshire, (h) Highland, (i) Greater Glasgow, (j) Grampian, (k) Forth Valley, (i) Fife, (m) Dumfries and Galloway, (n) Borders and (o) Ayrshire and Arran health boards, including the successful tenderer and value of contracts. [15768]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The information requested is available but as it is lengthy, I have arranged to place copies in the Libraries of the House.
Animal Diseases
Mr. Morley: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many cases of goat pox were reported in each year since 1985. [15975]
Sir Hector Monro: No cases of goat pox have ever been recorded in Scotland.
Lomond Healthcare NHS Trust
Mr. McFall: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what remuneration and expenses Mr. Stephen P. Newall will receive as chairman of the Lomond Healthcare NHS Trust; and what is the membership of this board. [16877]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The chairman of the Lomond Healthcare NHS trust, Mr. Stephen P. Newall, receives remuneration of £17,145 per annum and is entitled to claim travel and subsistence expenses at standard rates. The non-executive directors of the trust board have still to be announced.
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Incontinence Services
Dr. Godman: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if NHS Executive Guidance (EL(93)54) and Agenda for Action on Continence Services (1991) or their Scottish counterparts have been implemented in all health board areas; and if he will make a statement. [15963]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The Scottish health management efficiency group published a report on incontinence services in the community in November 1993 which was circulated widely to bodies in the NHS in Scotland including health boards, which are expected to take account of its recommendations.
Scottish Record Office
Mr. Raymond S. Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement about the targets he expects the Scottish Record Office to achieve in 1995 96. [17152]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: I have set the Scottish Record Office the following key targets for 1995 96:
to reduce the unit cost of preserving and making available the records of Scotland by 4 per cent. in real terms;
to increase the number of catalogue entries available for public scrutiny on the electronic system from 119,000 in 1994 95 to 122,000;
to produce material from the same building for readers in 30 minutes or less in 90 per cent. of cases, absorbing up to a 2 per cent. increase in demand;
to answer 85 per cent. of correspondence within 10 days, absorbing up to a 2 per cent. increase in demand; and
to discuss with every shadow local authority the arrangements each proposes for the preservation and management of the records of the new councils after 1 April 1996.
Local Government Reform
Mr. Raymond S. Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what areas will have individual assessors appointed following local government reform in Scotland on 1 April 1996. [17151]
Mr. Kynoch: Having considered representations made in response to consultation on this subject, I have decided that in terms of each assessor's geographical area of responsibility, apart from in Strathclyde region, the present arrangement should continue whereby there are joint arrangements for Highland and Western Isles and Orkney and Shetland and there is one assessor appointed for each other present regional council area. In the Strathclyde area, we propose that there should be five separate assessors with geographical responsibilities extending respectively to Ayrshire, Renfrewshire, Lanarkshire, Glasgow and Argyll and Bute together with Dunbartonshire. The new local authorities for the Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, Fife and Glasgow will therefore each appoint their own assessor and in other areas joint boards will be introduced to oversee this service.
Mr. Raymond S. Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what compensation will be available for staff who are obliged to take lower -paid jobs as a result of the reorganisation of local government in Scotland; and if he will make a statement. [17153]
Mr. Kynoch: On 5 December 1994, my hon. Friend, the former Minister with responsibility for industry and local government issued for comment proposals for compensating local authority staff who may be obliged to
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accept lower-paid jobs as a result of local government reorganisation in Scotland. The responses have been carefully considered and I will be bringing forward shortly regulations to introduce a new scheme for compensation.In essence, the scheme will allow for current staff appointed during the period 6 April 1995 to 31 March 1997 to lower-paid jobs in the new local authorities, the new water and sewerage authorities or the Scottish children's reporter administration to have their present salary maintained for a transitional three-year period.
The scheme will allow the new authorities, during the crucial transitional period, to retain and make use of experienced personnel who would otherwise be made redundant. By avoiding the need for redundancy payments and encouraging councils to retrain existing employees in
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new jobs, this scheme should benefit staff, employers and the taxpayer.Pay Beds
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what amounts of revenue were gathered for the NHS by the operation of pay beds for each health board area in Scotland for each financial year since 1979. [16334]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer27 March 1995]: The following table has been derived from health board annual accounts and shows revenue generated for the NHS by the operation of pay beds for each health board area in Scotland for each financial year since 1979. The amounts shown from 1992 93 onwards do not include pay beds sited in NHS trust hospitals. Information on pay beds for NHS trust hospitals is not collected centrally.
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Pay Beds
£
|Dumfries
|and |Forth |Scottish |
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1979-80 |570 |606 |28,556 |3,456 |6,184 |96,705 |4,599 |50,551 |4,719 |195,946
1980-81 |960 |387 |18,384 |4,327 |6,436 |88,698 |4,635 |51,909 |4,332 |180,068
1981-82 |552 |204 |13,850 |3,709 |6,444 |89,711 |754 |52,388 |5,490 |173,102
1982-83 |628 |1,729 |10,377 |4,921 |3,292 |93,309 |994 |44,907 |10,212 |170,369
1983-84 |1,584 |345 |7,195 |8,570 |845 |92,987 |1,613 |63,629 |10,324 |187,092
1984-85 |1,305 |995 |6,102 |6,700 |1,295 |36,747 |3,057 |63,260 |6,718 |126,179
1985-86 |1,488 |1,142 |5,301 |5,280 |1,479 |37,022 |1,666 |64,334 |7,499 |125,211
1986-87 |1,032 |1,254 |8,624 |5,768 |528 |33,433 |2,603 |91,264 |9,551 |154,057
1987-88 |507 |670 |6,337 |6,771 |1,359 |40,957 |3,671 |88,027 |6,871 |155,170
1988-89 |1,360 |3,322 |5,100 |7,020 |1,443 |35,573 |4,896 |106,790 |9,449 |174,953
1989-90 |819 |9,563 |4,274 |6,986 |4,199 |33,821 |3,840 |126,520 |5,229 |195,251
1990-91 |468 |10,936 |0 |7,358 |9,810 |39,135 |6,425 |158,204 |6,480 |238,816
1991-92 |325 |12,144 |1,094 |8,608 |11,000 |49,862 |7,813 |194,065 |7,451 |292,362
1992-93 |0 |11,773 |252 |9,380 |15,858 |19,978 |9,799 |180,223 |11,060 |258,323
1993-94 |0 |9,403 |0 |8,357 |3,177 |0 |51 |133,854 |8,534 |163,376
The following health boards have not had pay beds since 1979-80: Argyll and Clyde, Greater Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Orkney,
Shetland, Western Isles.
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what guidance his Department has issued to NHS trust hospitals on the operation of pay beds with particular reference to patients with private medical insurance; [16332]
(2) what representations his Department has received from private medical insurance companies on the operation of pay beds by NHS trust hospitals in the last three years. [16333]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 27 March 1995]: There is no compulsion on health boards and NHS trusts to provide pay beds but they are encouraged to do so as a means of contributing to income generation. The decision whether or not to provide pay beds is entirely for boards and trusts to determine within the terms of Section 55 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978. No representations have been received from private medical insurance companies and no specific guidance has been issued to NHS trusts on the operation of pay beds.
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list (a) the number of pay beds in (i) 1979 and (ii) the latest year for which figures are available and (b) the amounts of revenue raised through the operation of pay beds in 1979 for the latest year
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for which figures are available and for each national health service hospital in Scotland. [16329]Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer27 March 1995]: The following tables have been derived from health board annual accounts. The latest year in which numbers of pay beds were collected was 1988. The latest year in which amounts of revenue raised through the operation of pay beds was 1993. The pay bed numbers for 1979 and 1988 are the total for health boards. A breakdown to hospital level is not available centrally.
The revenue figure for 1993 excludes any revenue collected by NHS trust hospitals. Information on pay beds for NHS trust hospitals is not collected centrally.
Table 1: Number of NHS Pay Beds Year |Number of pay beds --------------------------------------------------------- 1979 |114 1988 |113
Table 2: Revenue from NHS pay beds managed by Health Boards Year |£ ------------------------ 1979 |195,946 1988 |174,953 1993 |163,376
Pupils (Costs)
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will list the average amount of money spent by his Department on educating a pupil within (a) primary and (b) secondary schools adjusted for1992 93 prices for each year since 1979 and for each education authority in Scotland; [16318]
(2) what was the average amount of money spent by his Department on educating a pupil within (a) primary and (b) secondary schools adjusted for 1992 93 for each year since 1979. [16321]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer27 March 1995]: Direct expenditure by the Scottish Office on the education of school pupils is limited to grants made available to Jordanhill school, the self- governing Dornoch academy, and certain residential special schools. Grants are also made available for pupils at certain independent schools under the assisted places scheme. Comprehensive information on the division of
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these resources between the primary and secondary sectors is not available.Expenditure per pupil in education authority schools is the responsibility of each education authority. Local authority expenditure is supported by aggregate external finance. Such financial support is not specific to particular local authority services and it is for each authority to determine the allocation of all the resources at its disposal.
Pupil Numbers
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will list the average number of pupils per class in Scotland for (a) primary and (b) secondary schools for each year since 1979; [16323]
(2) if he will list the average number of pupils in each class for each education authority in Scotland for (a) primary and (b) secondary schools for each year since 1979. [16322]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer27 March 1995]: The available information on average class size is given in the following table.
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Education Authority Schools Average number of pupils per class at September
Education authority |1979 |1980 |1981 |1982 |1983 |1984 |1987 |1989 |1991 |1993
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Primary schools<1>
Scotland |23.9 |23.8 |23.8 |23.8 |25.3 |25.2 |24.9 |24.7 |24.7 |24.7
Borders |21.8 |21.4 |21.1 |21.1 |22.5 |22.8 |23.1 |22.9 |22.6 |22.8
Central |23.0 |22.4 |22.4 |21.9 |24.0 |24.0 |25.0 |24.9 |24.6 |24.7
Dumfries and Galloway |22.3 |22.1 |22.3 |21.7 |22.7 |22.5 |22.8 |22.9 |23.3 |23.3
Fife |25.5 |25.6 |25.9 |25.9 |26.6 |26.3 |26.3 |25.5 |25.4 |25.4
Grampian |23.2 |22.9 |23.0 |22.9 |24.4 |24.7 |24.4 |24.6 |24.8 |24.6
Highland |21.5 |21.0 |21.3 |21.2 |22.7 |22.6 |22.7 |22.2 |21.8 |21.5
Lothian |22.5 |21.9 |22.1 |23.0 |25.9 |25.9 |25.7 |25.5 |25.8 |25.8
Strathclyde |25.0 |25.3 |25.2 |25.0 |26.3 |26.0 |25.4 |25.1 |25.1 |25.1
Tayside |23.5 |23.9 |23.7 |23.8 |24.9 |24.7 |24.2 |24.6 |24.8 |25.2
Orkney |20.6 |20.2 |20.0 |20.5 |21.2 |20.7 |19.0 |20.3 |18.8 |19.4
Shetland |18.3 |18.1 |17.9 |17.2 |18.8 |18.2 |18.2 |17.0 |17.5 |17.3
Western Isles |19.6 |19.1 |19.1 |18.7 |19.5 |20.0 |19.1 |18.8 |17.9 |17.2
Strathclyde Divisions:
Argyll and Bute |21.3 |20.8 |20.7 |21.1 |21.4 |21.3 |21.3 |20.8 |20.1 |20.1
Ayr |25.1 |25.4 |25.4 |25.1 |26.4 |25.9 |25.3 |25.2 |25.0 |25.2
Dunbarton |24.9 |25.4 |25.3 |25.3 |26.6 |26.7 |26.4 |26.0 |26.0 |25.8
Glasgow |24.7 |24.9 |24.9 |24.4 |25.9 |25.7 |25.1 |24.7 |24.8 |24.7
Lanark |25.4 |25.5 |25.4 |25.4 |27.0 |26.5 |25.5 |25.2 |25.0 |24.9
Renfrew |26.1 |26.2 |26.0 |26.0 |26.9 |26.5 |26.0 |25.9 |26.1 |26.4
Secondary schools
Scotland |18.9 |19.0 |19.1 |19.0 |19.5 |n/a |18.8 |18.6 |18.9 |19.4
Borders |18.1 |18.2 |16.7 |17.8 |19.1 |n/a |19.2 |17.6 |17.7 |18.0
Central |18.7 |19.3 |19.2 |18.8 |20.0 |n/a |19.8 |19.5 |19.7 |19.6
Dumfries and Galloway |18.4 |18.8 |18.3 |19.0 |18.3 |n/a |18.8 |17.2 |17.1 |17.7
Fife |18.8 |19.9 |19.6 |19.6 |19.8 |n/a |19.7 |19.4 |19.8 |20.0
Grampian |17.9 |18.4 |18.5 |18.2 |19.0 |n/a |18.0 |18.4 |18.9 |19.1
Highland |17.8 |17.1 |17.2 |17.4 |17.7 |n/a |17.8 |17.0 |17.6 |18.0
Lothian |17.8 |17.6 |17.9 |18.1 |19.1 |n/a |19.1 |18.3 |18.5 |19.2
Strathclyde |19.8 |19.9 |19.9 |20.0 |20.3 |n/a |19.3 |19.2 |19.6 |20.1
Tayside |18.2 |17.9 |18.1 |17.6 |18.8 |n/a |17.9 |17.3 |17.8 |18.8
Orkney |14.6 |15.5 |15.1 |13.8 |15.4 |n/a |15.8 |15.2 |14.9 |15.2
Shetland |15.2 |14.3 |14.8 |14.9 |15.1 |n/a |15.8 |14.1 |13.5 |14.3
Western Isles |16.2 |16.2 |17.3 |14.6 |15.5 |n/a |15.4 |14.1 |14.3 |14.0
Strathclyde Divisions:
Argyll and Bute |16.4 |17.3 |17.0 |17.1 |17.8 |n/a |18.9 |16.9 |17.8 |17.9
Ayr |19.5 |19.6 |19.5 |19.8 |20.5 |n/a |20.2 |18.8 |18.6 |19.4
Dunbarton |20.1 |20.4 |19.8 |19.9 |20.3 |n/a |20.2 |19.7 |20.2 |20.3
Glasgow |19.8 |19.7 |20.2 |20.0 |19.8 |n/a |17.4 |18.5 |18.9 |19.5
Lanark |20.2 |20.5 |20.0 |20.7 |21.1 |n/a |20.4 |19.9 |20.4 |20.8
Renfrew |19.6 |19.9 |20.2 |20.2 |20.4 |n/a |18.7 |19.7 |20.2 |20.7
<1> Until the 1983 school census, classes for small numbers of primary pupils withdrawn for short periods of time from their normal classes were included in the calculation of average class size. From 1983, all pupils were counted against
their normal class for statistical purposes.
Teachers' Salaries
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the average salary paid to a teacher in Scotland and the average salary paid to a teacher in Scotland as a percentage of average non-manual earnings for each year since 1979. [16320]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer27 March 1995]: The information requested is as follows:
|Percentage of
|Average salary |average male
|of teachers |non-manual earnings
|in Scotland |in Scotland
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1979-80 |5,602 |95.3
1980-81 |7,435 |102
1981-82 |8,390 |99
1982-83 |8,996 |96
1983-84 |9,620 |94
1984-85 |10,117 |93
1987-88 |13,649 |102
1988-89 |15,333 |105
1989-90 |16,409 |105
1990-91 |17,937 |105
1991-92 |19,611 |108
1992-93 |21,018 |107
Figures for 1985 86 are not available due to teachers' industrial action. Information for years subsequent to 1992 93 is not yet available.
Intensive Care Units
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what recent representations he has received from Scottish health boards concerning collective arrangements for the admission of patients to intensive care units; [16316]
(2) what arrangements exist within the NHS in Scotland for the admission of seriously sick patients to intensive care units; [16317]
(3) if he will list the number of intensive care beds available for the treatment of patients for each health board area in Scotland for each financial year since 1979. [16328]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 27 March 1995]: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has not received any representations from health boards concerning collective arrangements for the admission of patients to intensive care units. Arrangements for the admission of seriously sick patients to intensive care units are a matter for the relevant trusts and health boards informed by clinical decisions about individual patients.
Information on the average available staffed intensive care beds is shown in the following table.
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