§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement concerning the distribution of RENAVAL programme moneys on(a) Strathclyde and (b) Fife.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe European Commission has approved European regional development fund (ERDF) awards under the RENAVAL community programme of some 21 million European currency units (MECU) (approximately £15 million) and 3.4 MECU (approximately £2.4 million) for Strathclyde and Fife respectively. The distribution of these monies is the responsibility of programme monitoring committees (PMC). To date, the Strathclyde PMC has approved ERDF grants to the value of some £1.5 million whilst the Fife PMC has approved ERDF grants totalling some £0.9 million.
Capital expenditure per pupil on local authority schools (£ at out—turn prices) 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 Borders 31 60 54 39 44 58 69 57 64 72 109 215 Central 61 52 48 28 22 23 31 53 64 102 118 112 Dumfries and Galloway 56 60 65 82 99 100 105 92 29 75 82 63 Fife 35 39 39 38 28 49 73 80 37 86 106 156 Grampian 79 102 140 103 80 72 103 101 29 44 52 76 Highland 60 69 86 77 46 23 38 32 73 107 116 92 Lothian 60 69 58 68 52 54 58 36 80 79 117 96 Strathclyde 36 41 53 44 48 50 52 46 54 69 74 66 Tayside 31 25 27 31 23 35 46 34 57 64 70 56 Orkney 44 27 175 353 263 388 370 282 310 327 314 406 Shetland 663 703 800 624 579 436 252 121 131 230 183 211 Western Isles 76 98 225 263 150 165 204 579 712 421 306 447 Note: The figures relate to expenditure on nursery, primary, secondary and special schools.