HC Deb 19 May 1992 vol 208 cc123-4W
Mr. McLeish

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will outline(a) the total cost of the inquiry into child care policy in Fife, and (b) the expected contribution to the costs to be made by Fife regional council.

Mr. Allan Stewart

I refer the right hon. Member to the replies given to him by my hon. Friend the then Minister of State on 10 March 1992, at column465.

£ million
1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91
Cumbernauld
Housing 5.338 7.257 8.587 5.500 10.557
OES1 1.915 4.070 7.806 10.636 8.129
East Kilbride
Housing 8.445 13.169 10.933 18.742 15.313
OES1 4.470 4.212 4.932 12.692 9.340
Glenrothes
Housing 5.140 4.857 4.226 7.314 10.134
OES1 1.206 3.694 5.832 4.695 8.564
Irvine
Housing 2.755 2.229 3.419 4.811 3.506
OES1 1.012 1.927 5.707 2.483 2.619
Livingston
Housing 3.327 4.400 6.750 10.316 7.142
OES1 3.501 3.100 1.663 5.525 14.400
1 Other Environmental Services covers receipts from industrial, commercial and land sales.

Mr. Ingram

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give details of the current value of the(a) commercial, (b) industrial and (c) housing assets of each of the Scottish new town development corporations.

Mr. Allan Stewart

The information for commercial and industrial assets is as follows. The valuations are at 31 March 1992.

Commercial property £ million Industrial property £ million
Cumbernauld 2.18 44.75
East Kilbride 23.92 47.83
Glenrothes 11.60 25.16

Mr. McLeish

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if the inquiry into child care policy in Fife undertaken by Sheriff Kearney has been completed.

Mr. Allan Stewart

The chairman of the inquiry has been asked to let my right hon. Friend have his completed report by the end of May.

Mr. McLeish

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland is he will make a statement about the inquiry into child care policy in Fife.

Mr. Allan Stewart

My right hon. Friend will consider the question of a statement once he has received and studied the completed report of the inquiry.

Mr. McLeish

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if the report from the inquiry into child care policy in Fife is to be published.

Mr. Allan Stewart

As soon as my right hon. Friend has received and considered the report of the inquiry, he will make a decision about publication.

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