§ Mr. Donald Stewartasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in the Official Report the total number of applications he has before him from local authorities proposing the closure of schools; if he will give a breakdown showing the proposals from each appropriate authority, naming the schools involved and listing the school roll at present and five years ago; and if he will list the date when each application was received and when he expects to give a decision.
§ Mr. YoungerThere are 23 school closure applications under consideration at present in my Department. The attached table sets out the available information relating 155W to these proposals. This table gives details of school rolls at September 1975 and September 1979, the latest date for which this information is at present available.
It is not possible to forecast when I shall be in a position to decide on the applications at present submitted. Some of them lacked the information I need on which to reach a decision, and I now await that information. In addition, the applications vary in their complexity, and in the factors which have to be considered.
School closure applications currently under consideration by the Secretary of State Nome of School Date of Receipt of Application School Roll September 1975 1979 Fife Regional Council Flisk Primary 30 January 1981 14 11 Kilmany Primary 30 January 1981 18 9 West Wemyss Primary 30 January 1981 20 10 Grampian Regional Council St. Peter's Episcopal Primary 24 December 1980 190 206 Peterhead North Primary 24 December 1980 204 157 Balnagask Infants 16 January 1981 176 * 127 Bramble Brae Infants 16 January 1981 127 77 Burnside Infants 16 January 1981 *159 *152 Causewayend Primary 16 January 1981 *191 *149 Inverdee Infants 16 January 1981 *199 *123 Kingswood Infants 16 January 1981 *252 *165 King Street Primary 16 January 1981 *247 *183 Old Deer Primary 16 January 1981 29 19 Rosewood Infants 16 January 1981 111 74 Willowpark Infants 16 January 1981 *196 *168 Mintlaw Secondary Department 20 January 1981 113 124 New Deer Secondary' Department 20 January 1981 47 40 Strichen Secondary Department 20 January 1981 50 49 Insch Secondary Department 28 January 1981 75 70 Kintore Secondary Department 28 January 1981 83 92 Strathclyde Regional Council Mossknowe Primary 22 October 1980 372 237 Muirfield Primary 22 October 1980 289 170 Kingsford Primary 23 January 1981 11 16 * Includes Nursery Pupils.