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Conductive Education
Mr. Mallon: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many institutions provide conductive education for children with special educational needs; and how many children are currently receiving conductive therapy in each institution. [5812]
Mr. Raymond S. Robertson: Various institutions in Scotland, including a number of local authority and grant-aided special schools, provide education that is inspired by the principles of conductive education. However, detailed information on precise numbers is not held centrally.
Mr. Mallon: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment has been made of the value and achievements of conductive education. [5815]
Mr. Robertson: The Scottish Office has not made an assessment of the value and achievements of conductive education specifically.
Mr. Mallon: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans there are to make conductive education available for children whose parents choose it. [5833]
Mr. Robertson: Educational provision using the principles of conductive education is already available in Scotland.
Independent Schools
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many independent schools are operating in the current academic year. [5823]
Mr. Raymond S. Robertson: There are currently 117 independent schools in Scotland registered with the Registrar of Independent Schools.
Woodlands
Mr. Tipping: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what guidelines currently apply for the
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protection of public access to woodlands being sold by the Forestry Commission; when those guidelines were circulated to Forestry Commission staff; when they became operational; and if he will publish them. [6090]
Mr. Kynoch: The current access guidelines for continued public access to Forestry Commission woodlands after sale were introduced in October 1991, after being circulated to Forestry Commission staff. A copy is available in the Library of the House.
Mr. Tipping: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what criteria have been adopted in assessing whether a woodland is important for public access when it is being considered for disposal by the Forestry Commission; and how the decision on whether it is important is made; [6089]
(2) what is the minimum number of walkers in a woodland identified for disposal by the Forestry Commission required for that woodland to be classified as important for public access; [6091]
(3) how many Forestry Commission woods have been classified as (a) important for public access and (b) unimportant for public access; and if he will list all such woods classified as either, indicating the location of each and the reasons they were deemed to be (a) or (b) [6094]
Mr. Kynoch: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 28 November 1995, Official Report, column 590.
Mr. Tipping: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number and total area of Forestry Commission woods sold in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales since access agreements were introduced in 1991 to protect public access, indicating for each country the number and area with and without access agreements. [6093]
Mr. Kynoch: The information is as follows:
| With access agreement | Without access agreement | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Area(30) | Number | Area(30) | Number | Area(30) | |
| England | 6 | 136 | 189 | 5,006 | 195 | 5,142 |
| Scotland | 4 | 325 | 216 | 24,110 | 220 | 24,435 |
| Wales | 18 | 382 | 211 | 4,146 | 229 | 4,528 |
(30) Areas are given in hectares.
Education Expenditure
Mr. Donohoe: To ask Secretary of State for Scotland what was the average amount of money spent by his Department on a pupil in a public sector school at (a) primary and (b) secondary level for each academic year since 1981. [5797]
Mr. Raymond S. Robertson: Direct expenditure by the Scottish Office on the education of school pupils in public sector schools is limited to grants made available to Jordanhill school, a grant-aided school; and Dornoch academy and St. Mary's Episcopal primary school, which are both self-governing schools. Comprehensive information on the division of resources between the primary and secondary departments at Jordanhill school is not available. The annual recurrent grant to Dornoch
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academy in the financial year 1994-95, following the school's incorporation as a self-governing school in April 1994, was £387,000. On the basis of the school roll at September 1994, expenditure per pupil was therefore £6,672. St. Mary's Episcopal primary school was incorporated in October 1995.
Expenditure per pupil in education authority schools is the responsibility of each education authority. Local authority expenditure is supported by central Government, for example, through the annual local government financial settlement. Such financial support is not specific to particular local authority services an it is for each authority to determine the allocation of all the resources at its disposal.
Scottish Homes
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what approaches Irvine Housing Association Ltd. has made to Scottish Homes seeking additional funding for its activities since the association's establishment; how much Irvine housing association has received in support from Scottish Homes up until this point; what form this support has taken; and what outstanding requests for support are being considered by Scottish Homes. [5801]
Mr. Raymond S. Robertson: The information requested is a matter for Scottish Homes. I have asked its chairman, Sir James Mellon, to write to the hon. Member.
New Towns
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what adjustment will be made in the Scottish Office's budget to reflect the revenue raised by his Department through the disposal of the housing and industrial assets of Scotland's new towns. [5803]
Mr. Kynoch: Income from the disposal of Scottish new town housing and industrial assets was fully reflected in my right hon. Friends's statement of 11 December on public expenditure.
Class Sizes
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the average number of pupils in classes in (a) secondary and (b) primary schools adjusted for the time during which teachers are non-class-committed under existing staffing agreements for each education authority in Scotland and for each education division within Strathclyde for each academic year since 1979. [5805]
Mr. Raymond S. Robertson: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him on 27 March 1995, Official Report, column 586-87. The information provided took into account teacher time on non-class-committed duties.
Inward Investment
Sir Hector Monro: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide a breakdown, by source,
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of the inward investment attracted to Scotland in each of the last five years, and if he will provide details of each inward investment project attracted to Scotland since April 1994. [6462]
Mr. Michael Forsyth: The information is as follows:
| North America | Asia Pacific | United Kingdom | Europe | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-95 | |||||
| Number of projects | 41 | 9 | 32 | 15 | 97 |
| Planned investment (£ million) | 358.5 | 613.1 | 77.9 | 77.2 | 1,126.7 |
| Planned jobs (new and safeguarded) | 5,738 | 2,259 | 3,099 | 1,233 | 12,329 |
| 1993-94 | |||||
| Number of projects | 36 | 8 | 34 | 17 | 95 |
| Planned investment (£ million) | 366.2 | 23.7 | 66.4 | 131.3 | 587.6 |
| Planned jobs (new and safeguarded) | 5,464 | 1,074 | 3,135 | 1,399 | 11,072 |
| 1992-93 | |||||
| Number of projects | 25 | 9 | 22 | 9 | 65 |
| Planned investment (£ million) | 186.1 | 70.2 | 66.4 | 29.3 | 352.0 |
| Planned jobs (new and safeguarded) | 3,919 | 668 | 2,085 | 1,387 | 8,059 |
| 1991-92 | |||||
| Number of projects | 13 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 59 |
| Planned investment (£ million) | 248.9 | 17.0 | 48.5 | 66.6 | 381.0 |
| Planned jobs (new and safeguarded) | 3,026 | 431 | 1,407 | 1,138 | 6,002 |
| 1990-91 | |||||
| Number of projects | 15 | 9 | 25 | 14 | 63 |
| Planned investment (£ million) | 58.8 | 92.7 | 182.5 | 60.2 | 394.2 |
| Planned jobs (new and safeguarded) | 1,760 | 2,154 | 5,195 | 1,135 | 10,244 |
| Date of announcement | Company | Location | Type of project | Planed investment (£ million) | Planned jobs | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Safeguarded | ||||||
| April 1994 | NEC Semiconductors (UK) Ltd. | Livingston | Expansion | 28.0 | -- | -- | |
| April 1994 | International Components Corporation | East Kilbride | New Project | 6.0 | 400 | -- | |
| May 1994 | Teledyne Controls | Cumbernauld | New Project | 0.5 | 15 | -- | |
| May 1994 | Compaq Computer Manufacturing | Erskine | Expansion | 10.0 | 300 | -- | |
| May 1994 | Safetynet plc | Dunfermline | New Project | -- | 12 | -- | |
| May 1994 | Solway Seafoods Ltd. | Bladnoch | New Project | -- | 30 | -- | |
| June 1994 | Cerprobe Corporation | East Kilbride | New Project | -- | 11 | -- | |
| June 1994 | Scotia Pharmaceuticals | Stirling | New Project | -- | 60 | -- | |
| August 1994 | BioMar Ltd. | Grangemouth | New Project | -- | 20 | -- | |
| August 1994 | Iceland Software Inc. | Glasgow | New Project | -- | 25 | -- | |
| August 1994 | PCL Group | Glasgow | New Project | -- | 250 | -- | |
| September 1994 | Motorola | East Kilbride | Expansion | 250.0 | 250 | -- | |
| September 1994 | NEC Semiconductors (UK) Ltd. | Livingston | Expansion | 530.0 | 430 | -- | |
| September 1994 | Digital Equipment Corporation | Irvine | New Project | -- | -- | -- | |
| September 1994 | Solectron Corporation | Dunfermline | Expansion | 10.0 | 200 | -- | |
| October 1994 | British Sky Broadcasting | Dunfermline | New Project | 10.0 | 1000 | -- | |
| October 1994 | OKI (UK) Ltd. | Cumbernauld | Expansion | -- | 58 | 114 | |
| October 1994 | Madison Cable Corporation | Dundee | New Project | 12.0 | 200 | -- | |
| October 1994 | Micronas Oy | Fife | New Project | 2.0 | 24 | -- | |
| October 1994 | Probe Technology | East Kilbride | New Project | -- | 11 | -- | |
| October 1994 | Shin-Etsu Handotai Co Ltd. | Livingston | Expansion | 23.0 | 100 | -- | |
| November 1994 | Pine Plastics Ltd. | East Kilbride | Expansion | -- | 60 | -- | |
| November 1994 | JVC | East Kilbride | Expansion | 9.2 | 155 | -- | |
| December 1994 | Schlumberger Technologies Ltd. | Dundee | Expansion | -- | 90 | 85 | |
| December 1994 | Zepf Technologies Inc. | Cumbernauld | New Project | -- | 28 | -- | |
| December 1994 | British Gas | Uddingston | Expansion | -- | 100 | -- | |
| January 1995 | Jabra Corporation | Livingston | New Project | -- | -- | -- | |
| February 1995 | Meric International Corporation | Irvine | New Project | 8.0 | 450 | -- | |
| February 1995 | GE Capital Motor Finance | Edinburgh | Expansion | -- | 55 | -- | |
| March 1995 | Naco Materials Handling Group Europe Ltd. | Irvine | New Project | -- | 15 | -- | |
| March 1995 | EWOS Ltd. | Livingston | New Project | -- | 40 | -- | |
| March 1995 | EWOS Ltd. | Bathgate | Expansion | -- | -- | -- | |
| March 1995 | Ciba Classical Pigments | Paisley | Expansion | 40.0 | 80 | -- | |
| April 1995 | Birkbys Plastics Ltd. | Glenrothes | New Project | -- | 100 | -- | |
| April 1995 | Patrol Manufacturing | Glasgow | New Project | 0.5 | 40 | -- | |
| June 1995 | Selfcare Inc. | Inverness | New Project | 9.6 | 375 | -- | |
| June 1995 | Konrad Keller GmbH | Alness | New Project | -- | 16 | -- | |
| June 1995 | Burr Brown Corporation | Livingston | Expansion | -- | 32 | 79 | |
| July 1995 | MAN Truck and Bus UK Ltd. | Bellshill | New Project | 2.0 | 45 | -- | |
| July 1995 | PET Processors LLC | Dumfries | New Project | -- | 15 | -- | |
| July 1995 | Cannon (UK) Ltd. | Glenrothes | New Project | 10.0 | 220 | -- | |
| July 1995 | Exabyte Corporation | Larbert | Expansion | -- | 100 | -- | |
| August 1995 | British Gas | Edinburgh | New Project | -- | 500 | -- | |
| August 1995 | National Australian Group | Clydebank | New Project | -- | 250 | -- | |
| August 1995 | BT | Motherwell | New Project | 2.7 | 170 | -- | |
| August 1995 | Motorola | Bathgate | Expansion | -- | 400 | -- | |
| August 1995 | Forbo Nairn | Kirkcaldy | Expansion | 15.0 | 14 | -- | |
| September 1995 | TSB | Glasgow | New Project | 15.0 | 900 | -- | |
| September 1995 | Precision Tube Technology | Peterhead | New Project | 4.5 | 40 | -- | |
| September 1995 | IBM | Greenock | Expansion | -- | 200 | -- | |
| September 1995 | Bi-Link Metal Specialities | Cumbernauld | New Project | 6.0 | 100 | -- | |
| October 1995 | Lexmark International | Rosyth | New Project | 26.0 | 500 | -- | |
| November 1995 | Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd. | Mossend | New Project | 260.0 | 3,300 | -- | |
| November 1995 | Motorola | East Kilbride | New Project | -- | 10 | -- | |
| November 1995 | Shin-Etsu Handotai | Livingston | Expansion | 160.0 | 235 | -- | |
| November 1995 | Foxconn UK Ltd. | Erskine | New Project | -- | 15 | -- | |
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