§ Mr. CryerTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the ministerial advisers appointed in his 63W Department for each year since 1979, the salary each person received, whether paid directly or to another employer, and the duties undertaken, whether solely in his Department or in conjunction with other Departments; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RifkindThe first and only special adviser in the Scottish Office, whose appointment was made in August 1987 is Mr. Graeme Carter. It is not our practice to reveal the salaries of individual advisers as they are individually negotiated in relation to previous outside earnings and are therefore confidential.
Mr. Carter is paid directly by my Department. His duties are undertaken solely in my Department. Primarily he assists me as Secretary of State; he contributes to the preparation of speeches and supports my ministerial and colleagues in the Scottish Office as far as time permits.
Three and four year olds in education authority nursery schools 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1987 1987 three years old four years old Number Borders 299 313 301 363 387 394 359 390 68 322 Central 1,399 1,512 1,681 1,858 1,960 2,166 2,210 2,492 593 1,899 Dumfries and Galloway 253 257 266 247 271 287 316 428 80 348 Fife 3,192 3,235 3,280 3,142 3,439 3,805 3,993 4,193 805 3,388 Grampian 2,233 2,196 2,222 2,244 2,235 2,425 2,433 2,678 610 2,068 Highland 331 455 484 519 567 580 618 617 109 508 Lothian 6,718 6,529 6,795 6,799 7,045 7,477 7,966 7,965 2,991 4,974 Strathclyde 14,501 14,768 14,841 15,406 16,071 16,793 17,376 17,551 5,185 12,366 Tayside 1,841 1,933 2,007 2,014 2,097 2,112 2,136 2,344 757 1,587 Orkney 78 96 93 74 85 89 92 83 25 58 Shetland 32 86 99 91 85 82 102 110 52 58 Western Isles 160 11 162 156 169 146 0 0 0 0 Scotland Total 31,037 31,531 32,231 32,913 34,411 36,356 37,601 38,851 11,275 27,576 Percentage of children in population Borders 12.2 12.8 13.7 17.1 17.5 16.6 15.2 16.6 5.9 27.0 Central 19.3 21.4 25.2 28.8 29.3 31.2 31.2 37.8 18.4 56.4 Dumfries and Galloway 7.0 7.4 8.4 8.0 8.1 7.9 8.7 12.7 4.8 20.6 Fife 35.4 36.3 38.3 39.3 40.8 42.2 42.8 48.5 18.7 78.0 Grampian 18.2 18.0 18.7 19.4 18.3 18.6 18.6 21.2 9.7 32.6 Highland 6.3 8.5 9.1 10.2 10.7 10.3 10.5 11.6 4.1 19.0 Lothian 36.0 36.6 40.4 43.0 43.3 43.8 45.3 47.8 36.4 59.0 Strathclyde 22.2 23.2 24.7 27.7 27.8 27.7 27.6 29.6 17.7 41.2 Tayside 18.5 20.4 22.1 23.2 23.5 23.0 22.6 25.1 16.1 34.3 Orkney 16.8 19.4 19.3 14.9 16.5 17.9 18.3 18.3 11.3 24.9 Shetland 4.5 11.7 13.2 12.1 22.1 11.1 13.6 17.7 17.0 18.4 Western Isles 19.2 16.8 18.4 19.3 19.7 16.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Scotland Total 22.9 23.8 25.6 27.8 27.9 28.0 28.2 30.8 18.1 43.3