§ Mr. Dempseyasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT details showing the total amount approved for school building for the years 1968–69 and 1969–70 in each local education authority, respectively, showing separate figures for the new towns, and the total school population for the respective areas and new towns.
§ Mr. RossThe information is not available in the form requested, but the table below shows approved allocations in 1967–70 for each authority, the value of starts in 1968–69 and the respective school populations. No separate allocations are made for new towns.
SCHOOL BUILDING, SCOTLAND PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND SPECIAL SCHOOLS Education Authority Approved Allocations 1967–70 £000s Value of Starts 1968–69 £000s School Population Education Authority Schools January, 1969 BURGHS Aberdeen 1,297 1,384 30,009 Dundee 1,687 999 33,979 Edinburgh 7,070 1,385 68,109 Glasgow 13,871 4,374 175,127 COUNTIES Aberdeen 1,886 430 23,875 Angus 2,475 29 15,462 Argyll 1,440 52 8,850 Ayr 4,059 2,817 62,583 Banff 908 4 7,960 Berwick 188 66 3,532 Bute 83 — 1,881 Caithness 484 197 5,635 Clackmannan 1,260 39 7,827 Dumfries 373 702 15,154 Dunbarton 4,864 1,042 43,859 East Lothian 560 10 9,687 Fife 3,903 1,225 58,053 Inverness 776 483 15,784 Kincardine 963 23 4,388 Kirkcudbright 125 90 4,593 Lanark 8,103 6,312 117,912 Midlothian 3,764 109 23,145 Moray and Nairn 723 — 10,682 Orkney 649 20 2,882 Peebles 315 — 2,109 Perth and Kinross 1,886 477 20,512 Renfrew 6,499 2,882 67,618 Ross and Cromarty 599 — 10,259 Roxburgh 473 7 6,543 Selkirk 504 188 3,433 Stirling 2,095 281 36,398 Sutherland 157 4 2,360 West Lothian 2,922 761 20,154 Wigtown 379 16 5,445 Zetland 560 — 2,824