HC Deb 22 July 1998 vol 316 cc553-4W
Mr. Ian Bruce

To ask the Prime Minister what plans his Office has to correspond electronically with(a) hon. Members and (b) members of the public. [49821]

The Prime Minister

[holding answer 13 July 1998]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to him on 20 July 1998, Official Report, column 389. I also refer the

Education Authority primary schools in Scotland Number and percentage of pupils in single stage classes over 30 by Education Authority1
1991 1993 1995 1997
Number As a percentage of all pupils Number As a percentage of all pupils Number As a percentage of all pupils Number As a percentage of all pupils
Scotland 72,371 16.4 75,082 17.1 78,749 17.9 85,580 19.5
Aberdeen City 2,462 15.9 2,744 17.4 3,118 19.7 3,767 23.8
Aberdeenshire 2,981 14.2 3,080 14.5 3,134 14.7 2,187 10.2
Angus 1,885 20.2 2,627 27.7 2,013 21.4 1,429 15.3
Argyll and Bute 952 11.7 928 12.0 1,191 15.3 1,180 15.2
Clackmannanshire 603 13.8 731 16.5 1,021 23.2 780 17.2
Dumfries and Galloway 2,137 16.8 2,052 16.0 2,016 15.6 2,381 18.5
Dundee City 3,388 26.2 3,368 26.3 3,225 25.5 3,550 28.9
East Ayrshire 1,881 16.6 2,023 17.7 2,455 21.5 1,926 16.9
East Dunbartonshire 2,553 24.6 1,983 19.5 2,497 24.1 2,873 27.0
East Lothian 828 12.2 1,015 14.4 834 11.2 1,026 12.9
East Renfrewshire 1,843 22.8 2,936 35.5 2,760 32.6 3,444 40.1
Edinburgh, City of 6,802 24.1 7,696 26.4 8,557 28.3 8,676 28.4
Eilean Siar 0 0.0 190 7.2 125 4.8 0 0.0
Falkirk 2,646 21.4 2,330 19.1 2,697 22.1 3,432 27.9
Fife 4,944 15.9 5,387 17.3 4,672 15.1 4,050 13.2
Glasgow City 7,890 15.1 7,637 14.7 8,302 16.3 9,551 19.5
Highland 1,503 7.7 1,996 10.4 1,755 9.2 1,784 9.4
Inverclyde 1,027 12.4 1,122 14.0 1,244 15.5 1,292 16.5
Midlothian 991 13.9 1,181 16.4 1,345 18.5 1,462 19.7
Moray 1,395 18.2 732 9.3 886 11.1 1,363 16.9
North Ayrshire 2,033 15.5 2,138 16.7 2,139 16.9 2,563 20.3
North Lanarkshire 4,542 14.4 4,556 15.1 4,103 13.7 5,330 17.9
Orkney Islands 157 8.7 64 3.5 33 1.8 32 1.7
Perth and Kinross 1,307 12.8 1,541 14.8 1,547 14.7 1,856 17.2
Renfrewshire 3,112 20.0 3,795 24.4 4,084 25.9 4,786 30.3
Scottish Borders 448 5.3 544 6.3 857 9.8 889 10.0
Shetland Islands 0 0.0 0 0.0 31 1.4 0 0.0
South Ayrshire 2,510 25.7 2,317 24.2 2,721 28.3 2,771 29.2
South Lanarkshire 4,594 16.4 4,289 15.7 4,386 16.3 4,329 16.1
Stirling 705 10.6 911 13.8 894 13.4 630 9.2
West Dunbartonshire 1,664 17.5 1,176 12.5 1,248 13.8 1,589 17.9
West Lothian 2,588 18.3 1,993 14.2 2,859 19.9 4,652 31.4
1Includes a small number of classes with more than one teacher

Mrs. Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the number and percentage of children in primary (1) one, (2) two and (3) three who were taught in classes of 31 or more in the years(a) 1991–92, hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 17 July 1998, Official Report, column 315.

My office is taking part in the pilot study of the development of the Government Secure Intranet (GSI).

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