HC Deb 26 October 1982 vol 29 cc349-50W
Mr. Strang

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the percentage increases from August and September 1981 to August and September 1982 in the number of people unemployed in the Edinburgh travel-to-work area.

Mr. Canavan

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the cost to date of the assisted places scheme; and what has been the amount of other public funds given to private fee-paying schools over the same period.

Mr. Alexander Fletcher:

Expenditure on the assisted places scheme in Scotland amounts to £822,000 since the scheme started in August 1981. Over the same period to October 1982, maintenance grants to the grant-aided secondary schools amounted to £3,298,000 and grants to grant-aided special schools amounted to £3,847,000. Details of grants or fees paid to the schools by local authorities are not available.