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Brown-field Sites

Mr. Norman Hogg: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the total area of brown-field sites which is available for redevelopment; and what estimate he has made of that area to be redeveloped in each of the next five years. [1223]

Mr. Kynoch [holding answer 1 November 1996]: My right hon. Friend has made no estimates of this nature. However, the hon. Gentleman may be interested to know that information on the amount of vacant and derelict land in Scotland is reproduced in the Scottish Office statistical bulletin environment series "Scottish Vacant Derelict Land Survey 1995", published in October this year. A copy is available in the House Library.

Local Government Finance

Mr. Welsh: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each district and islands council area the final outturn expenditure for 1995-96 in (a) the housing revenue account and (b) the non-housing revenue account. [1616]

Mr. Raymond S. Robertson [holding answer 1 November 1996]: The latest information provided by local authorities on outturn expenditure is set out in the table.

Final outturn expenditure 1995-96

Authority	HRA	Non-HRA
Borders
Berwickshire	0.349	0.500
Ettrick and Lauderdale	1.730	0.703
Roxburgh	3.019	0.837
Tweeddale	1.066	0.693
Central
Clackmannan	3.465	0.718
Falkirk	11.911	1.566
Stirling	7.908	1.904
Dumfries and Galloway
Annandale and Eskdale	2.542	0.467
Nithsdale	5.362	1.045
Stewartry	1.278	0.270
Wigtown	3.210	0.713
Fife
Dunfermline	7.720	0.912
Kirkcaldy	8.713	1.005
North East Fife	2.612	1.208
Grampian
Aberdeen	19.016	4.423
Banff and Buchan	4.948	1.454
Gordon	5.006	1.871
Kincardine and Deeside	5.069	0.687
Moray	4.847	1.170
Highland
Badenoch and Strathspey	1.113	0.503
Caithness	2.432	0.714
Inverness	4.955	0.876
Lochaber	3.692	0.703
Nairn	0.825	0.145
Ross and Cromarty	2.701	3.064
Skye and Lochalsh	1.036	1.057
Sutherland	1.355	0.749
Lothian
East Lothian	6.606	1.385
Edinburgh	30.650	21.401
Midlothian	5.544	0.711
West Lothian	6.860	0.914
Strathclyde
Argyll and Bute	4.704	5.683
Bearsden and Milngavie	1.616	0.184
Clydebank	5.576	0.340
Clydesdale	3.690	0.810
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	1.683	0.687
Cumnock and Doon Valley	3.178	0.285
Cunninghame	8.340	3.718
Dumbarton	6.621	1.146
East Kilbride	1.702	0.410
Eastwood	1.495	0.201
Glasgow	90.404	24.009
Hamilton	10.089	2.177
Inverclyde	10.683	4.300
Killmarnock and Loudoun	6.024	0.596
Kyle and Carrick	7.820	0.935
Monklands	14.358	1.172
Motherwell	15.547	0.966
Renfrew	23.986	4.361
Strathkelvin	5.000	0.770
Tayside
Angus	4.900	0.858
Dundee	15.610	9.559
Perth and Kinross	6.046	2.077
Islands Areas
Orkney	0.770	1.182
Shetland	4.534	0.261
Western Isles	3.165	4.674
Scotland	425.081	125.729

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Nursery Vouchers

Mrs. Liddell: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many four-year-olds were in (a) private, (b) voluntary and (c) local authority pre-school provision in each of the pilot areas of the nursery voucher scheme, for the latest date for which figures are available prior to the issuing of vouchers. [1823]

Mr. Raymond S. Robertson [holding answer 1 November 1996]: The information is set out in the table, except for Argyll and Bute where information is not separately identifiable for the pilot area. It is important to note that children may attend more than one type of pre-school provision.

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Number of children in the Nursery Voucher Scheme Pilot Areas aged 4 years old(20) in receipt of pre-school provision

Local authority area	Local authority schools (21) (22)	Other local authority provision (23) (24)	Independent schools (21)		Registered social work facilities Private provision (23)Voluntary provision (23)
East Renfrewshire	366	75	16	121	288
Highland	90	2	0	7	128
North Ayrshire	325	28	0	408	823

(20) Age as at 31 December.

(21) Numbers at September 1995.

(22) Includes nursery schools/classes and special schools.

(23) Numbers at November 1994.

(24) LA figures include jointly administered facilities and day nurseries.

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Mrs. Liddell: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what notification he has received in respect of pre-school providers that have gone out of business as a result of competition from other providers in the pilot areas of the nursery voucher scheme. [1825]

Mr. Robertson [holding answer 1 November 1996]: None.

Mrs. Liddell: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of the vouchers that have been redeemed to date, have been redeemed in (a) the public, (b) the private and (c) the voluntary sector. [1829]

Mr. Robertson [holding answer 1 November 1996]: Of the vouchers for which claims had been paid by 25 October, 61 per cent. had been used in the public sector, 13 per cent. in the private sector and 26 per cent. in the voluntary sector. A number of claims had not yet been made, and these proportions will change as outstanding vouchers are submitted.

Mrs. Liddell: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many (a) parents and (b) eligible children in each of the pilot areas of the nursery voucher scheme have not taken up the entitlement to apply for a voucher. [1824]

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Mr. Robertson [holding answer 1 November 1996]: Precise information on the numbers of eligible parents is not available. The four pilot authorities have estimated that there are 3,763 eligible children in the pilot areas. As at 25 October, 3,716 books of vouchers had been issued.

Mrs. Liddell: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has received from pre-school providers outside the pilot areas whose rolls have decreased as a result of the piloting phase of the nursery voucher scheme; and if he will list the providers. [1826]

Mr. Robertson [holding answer 1 November 1996]: My right hon. Friend has received one such representation.

Mrs. Liddell: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many providers have received initial validation to accept voucher-bearing children in (a) public, (b) private and (c) voluntary sectors. [1828]

Mr. Robertson [holding answer 1 November 1996]: Centres in the pilot areas are registered for the use of vouchers only if they are already subject to inspection by HM inspectorate, or if the HMI, having examined its profile of education provision, is satisfied of their capacity to deliver quality education. There are currently 152 centres registered as eligible to redeem vouchers-- 64 public sector, 18 private sector and 70 voluntary sector.

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Pre-school Education

Mrs. Liddell: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many three-year-olds were in receipt of pre-school education in the period 1994-95; and how many have registered since August 1996, broken down by (a) type of provision and (b) unitary authority. [1827]

Mr. Raymond S. Robertson [holding answer 1 November 1996]: Information on three-year-olds attending education authority and independent schools, as

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at September 1994 and September 1995, is set out in the table by unitary authority. While information is collected centrally on the numbers of three-year-olds attending other voluntary and private sector centres, it is not currently possible to identify whether a three-year-old in such a voluntary or private sector centre is receiving education as distinct from care. Information on the number of three-year-olds who have enrolled for pre-school education since August 1996 is not yet available.

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Number of pupils in Scotland aged 3 years old (25) in receipt of pre-school education

		Education authority (26)
		Nursery schools			Special schools			Independent schools
Education authority	September 1994	September 1995	September 1994	September 1995	September 1994	September 1995
Scotland	12,927	12,634	179	152	558	559
Aberdeen City	473	488	21	12	66	92
Aberdeenshire	155	141	10	15	0	17
Angus	86	92	0	0	0	0
Argyll and Bute	40	53	9	2	21	38
Clackmannanshire	209	171	0	0	0	0
Dumfries and Galloway	187	178	0	0	0	0
Dundee City	795	721	6	0	0	0
East Ayrshire	500	466	6	2	0	0
East Dunbartonshire	54	40	0	6	79	75
East Lothian	292	340	0	0	1	0
East Renfrewshire	154	155	0	0	5	6
Edinburgh, City of	1,491	1,574	7	6	220	153
Falkirk	342	344	0	0	0	0
Fife	744	775	4	2	22	18
Glasgow City	3,557	3,198	25	27	63	89
Highland	125	130	2	4	0	0
Inverclyde	203	183	0	0	3	0
Midlothian	311	321	0	0	0	0
Moray	69	42	1	0	22	14
North Ayrshire	134	150	0	1	0	0
North Lanarkshire	567	590	35	41	0	0
Orkney Islands	45	41	1	0	0	0
Perth and Kinross	261	268	2	5	17	11
Renfrewshire	422	392	10	5	0	0
Scottish Borders	31	37	2	0	0	2
Shetland Islands	67	91	0	0	0	0
South Ayrshire	90	128	2	5	22	24
South Lanarkshire	437	348	31	16	5	7
Stirling	145	199	0	0	12	13
West Dunbartonshire	414	428	1	0	0	0
West Lothian	527	550	4	3	0	0
Western Isles	0	0	0	0	0	0

(25) Age as at 31 December.

(26) Includes a small number of Grant-Aided and Self-Governing Schools.

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