HC Deb 12 December 1979 vol 975 cc674-5W
Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will set up a unit to monitor the provision of education by the Tayside region in the coming year.

Mr. Alexander Fletcher

No.

Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will seek to amend the Education (Scotland) Act 1962 to ensure that regional authorities have a statutory obligation to provide continuous tuition in individual subjects that pupils arc studying at O grade and higher level.

Mr. Alexander Fletcher

No.

Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will seek to amend the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 so that the running of education in Dundee is transferred from Tayside

Health Board Cost of Clegg Awards £'000 Increase in Allocation £'000
Argyll and Clyde 235 210
Ayrshire and Arran 127 113
Borders 60 56
Dumfries and Galloway 92 83
Fife 113 98
Forth Valley 186 170
Grampian 368 340
Greater Glasgow 1,328 1,234
Highland 137 125
Lanarkshire 397 367
Lothian 768 719
Orkney 2 1
Shetland 5 4
Tayside 520 483
Western Isles 5 4