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Higher Still (English)
Mr. Savidge: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the schools which are ready to implement the Higher Still in English. [73083]
Mrs. Liddell [holding answer 3 March 1999]: I list the 71 local authority schools which, according to returns received from local authorities by the beginning of February 1999, are planning to implement "Higher Still" Higher English in 1999-2000.
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Departmental Advisers
Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 22 February 1999, Official Report, column 143, for what reasons he did not supply an estimate for spending on special advisers in 1996-97; if he will provide estimates of total spending on special advisers for (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98, and (c) 1998-99; and if he will make a statement. [74165]
Mr. Dewar [holding answer 5 March 1999]: I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 22 February 1999, Official Report, column 143. Details of costs relating to the Special Advisers in 1996-97 could be supplied only at disproportionate cost.
Special Advisers
Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his estimate of the total cost of special advisers in his Department for each of the years (a) 1995-96, (b) 1996-97, (c) 1997-98, (d) 1998-99 and (e) 1999-2000; and if he will make a statement. [74240]
Mr. Dewar [holding answer 3 March 1999]: I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 22 February 1999, Official Report, column 143. Details of costs relating to the Special Advisers in 1995-96 and 1996-97 could only be supplied at disproportionate cost.
Scottish Executive
Mr. Swayne: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the cost of funding the private offices of the First Minister and the other Ministers of the Scottish Executive in the Scottish Parliament. [74980]
Mr. McLeish [holding answer 11 March 1999]: The number of Ministers in the Scottish Executive will not be known until after the election on 6 May 1999. However, the question of private office support for the First Minister and other Ministers is currently being considered as part of the general planning associated with devolution. No estimate of the cost of funding the private office has yet been made. The cost will be met from within the overall provision made for expenditure on administration of the Scottish Executive.
Student Finance
Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the annual cost, for each of the next 20 years, of replacing the university maintenance loan with a maintenance grant for Scottish students at United Kingdom universities; if he will set out the figures in terms of (a) their cash accounting and funding impact and (b) their effect in terms of resource accounting; and if he will make a statement. [74711]
Mrs. Liddell
[holding answer 5 March 1999]: The information is set out in the table. Figures have been provided by statisticians from the Department for Education on a U.K. wide basis and the Scottish share has been calculated as approximately 11% of the total. Information is not available for each of the next twenty years. However a selection of years was modelled for illustrative purposes.
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| £ million | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Cash accounting | Resource accounting |
| 1998-99 | 16.5 | 38.5 |
| 1999-2000 | 44 | 115.5 |
| 2000-01 | 71.5 | 176 |
| 2005-06 | 159.5 | 231 |
| 2010-11 | 264 | 253 |
| 2015-16 | 308 | 236.5 |
Salmon Farmers (Compensation)
Mr. Swayne: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans he has to pay salmon farmers compensation when they are required to slaughter their stock as a consequence of a List 1 disease. [76210]
Mr. Macdonald [holding answer 18 March 1999]: The Government have no plans to pay compensation but have proposed a financial aid package for the industry. I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend to my hon. Friend the Member for Inverness, East, Nairn and Lochaber (Mr. Stewart) dated 8 February 1999, Official Report, column 62.
From 1 July 1999, this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.
Schools
Mr. Gorrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many (i) pupils and (ii) teachers there were in Scottish (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in 1998-99. [76625]
Mrs. Liddell [holding answer 19 March 1999]: The information requested is set out in the table.
| Primary | Secondary | |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils | 435,518 | 311,277 |
| FTE teachers | 22,493 | 23,459 |
As from 1 July 1999, this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Mrs. Ewing: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the Scottish Office budget for Highlands and Islands Enterprise in cash terms and at 1998-99 prices for (a) 1992-93, (b) 1993-94, (c) 1994-95, (d) 1995-96, (e) 1996-97, (f) 1997-98 and (g) 1998-99; and what is his estimate for (i) 1999-2000, (ii) 2000-01 and (iii) 2001-02. [76864]
Mr. Dewar
[holding answer 16 March 1999]: The Scottish Office Budget for Highlands and Islands Enterprise in cash terms and at 1998-99 prices for the years 1992-93 to 1998-99 and the plan figures for 1999-2000 to 2001-02 are as follows.
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| £ million | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Budget | 1998-99 prices |
| 1992-93 | 78.8 | 91.5 |
| 1993-94 | 79.2 | 89.5 |
| 1994-95 | 76.3 | 85.0 |
| 1995-96 | 77.7 | 84.2 |
| 1996-97 | 75.8 | 79.6 |
| 1997-98 | 79.1 | 81.1 |
| 1998-99 | 79.7 | 79.7 |
| 1999-2000 (plans)(30) | 78.7 | 76.8 |
| 2000-01 (plans) | 77.0 | 73.3 |
| 2001-02 (plans) | 77.0 | 71.5 |
(30) Plan figures for 1999-2000 are subject to adjustment to reflect annual and in-year post CSR changes to baseline provision. The budget figure shown for 1999-2000 includes the £1.7 million recently announced for the purpose of attracting inward investment projects to the Highlands and Islands.
Future year plans reflect a realignment of Highlands and Islands Enterprise's existing training programmes to reflect the introduction of the New Deal, in which the enterprise network will play a key role. About £300 million of New Deal resources will also be available in Scotland over the lifetime of this Parliament by way of Employment Service spending. A proportion of this will be available for delivery of the New Deal programme in the Highlands and Islands.
From 1 July 1999, this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.
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