§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish details of the maintenance costs of each teacher-training college over each of the past five years.
§ Mr. McElhoneThe following table shows expenditure on the maintenance of premises and equipment, including replacements of and additions to college equipment, and excluding rates, heating and lighting:
redundancy terms which apply to nonacademic staff in colleges of education; 25W and how these terms compare with the Crombie Code.
§ Mr. McElhoneRedundant non-academic staff may be eligible, like redundant academic staff, for compensation under the Crombie Code. In determining the amount of resettlement compensation under the code, any payment under the Redundancy Payments Act 1965, for which they might also be eligible, would be offset.
§ Mr. Robin F. Cookasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the expected date of completion of Craigie and Callendar Park colleges of education and the expected life of their Medway buildings.
§ Mr. McElhoneBoth colleges were substantially completed and admitted their first students in 1964. As regards their expected life, I have nothing to add to my answer of 27th January to my hon. Friend the Member for West Stirlingshire (Mr. Canavan).—[Vol. 924, c.732.]
§ Mr. Robin F. Cookasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report the budget for each of the colleges of education in the current year and the estimates for each for the forthcoming financial year.
§ Mr. McElhoneThe figures in column (1) of the following table show the budgets for the current year as accepted by my right hon. Friend. Those in column (2) are figures submitted by the colleges last autumn, which will be reviewed by my right hon. Friend in the light of his proposals for reorganisation of the colleges and the financial situation generally. Both columns include income to be received on the colleges' trading accounts—that is, the hostel and restaurant accounts.
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1976–77 1977–78 (1) (2) £ £ Aberdeen … 2,397,500 2,572,906 Callendar Park … 1,051,327 1,093,530 Craigie … 1,014,996 1,112,532 Craiglockhart … 618,056 579,651 Dundee … 2,136,438 2,209,131 Dunfermline … 1,080,040 1,141,300 Hamilton … 1,670,386 1,739,621 Jordanhill … 5,471,983 6,241,714 Moray House … 3,580,376 3,961,903 Notre Dame … 2,102,696 2,197,675 21,123,798 22,849,963
§ Mr. Robin F. Cookasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what total capital sum and annual recurring cost would arise in the event of redundancies affecting (a) the most junior 400 lecturers at colleges of education and (b) the most senior 400 lecturers at colleges of education.
§ Mr. McElhoneI refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave to the hon. Member for Edinburgh, West (Lord James Douglas-Hamilton) on 25th January.—[Vol. 924, c.563.]
§ Mr. Robin F. Cookasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what would be the additional costs resulting from the removal of (a) Dunfermline College to Dundee and (b) Craiglockhart College to Jordanhill or Moray House.
§ Mr. McElhoneAny estimates of the cost of the proposals in my right hon. Friend's paper of 17th January must await the detailed information and advice which he hopes to obtain from the bodies that he is consulting.