Carolina House, Dundee

HC Deb 18 July 1983 vol 46 cc14-5W

Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will now begin an inquiry under the terms of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 into the proposed closure of Carolina house, Dundee.

(2) if he has studied the case presented by Mr. Frank Doran, of Doran and McGinley Ltd., Solicitors on behalf of the children in Carolina house, on the decision to close Carolina house, Dundee, and on the terms of the Dundee Orphanage Trust Scheme 1963 (S.I., 1963, No. 1930); and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Allan Stewart

In the light of the representations which my right hon. Friend has received from Messrs. Doran and McGinley, clarification is being sought from the directors of the Dundee orphanage trust about their intentions in regard to Carolina house. Pending such clarification it would be premature to consider further action.

Pupil/Teacher Ratios in Education Authority Primary Schools
	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982
Borders	20.0	20.4	20.4	19.1	18.3	18.4	18.2	18.0
Central	21.4	21.3	20.7	20.0	19.7	19.5	19.1	18.6
Dumfries and Galloway	21.6	21.0	20.4	20.2	19.2	19.1	19.2	19.3
Fife	22.3	22.8	22.7	21.7	21.0	20.7	20.6	20.3
Grampian	20.3	20.8	20.4	19.7	19.0	18.9	18.9	18.9
Highland	19.2	19.5	20.1	19.7	19.1	19.1	19.1	19.0
Lothians	21.4	21.3	21.5	19.7	18.9	18.5	18.6	19.8
Orkney	17.5	18.2	17.9	18.0	17.3	17.2	16.9	17.4
Strathclyde	24.2	23.9	24.0	22.9	21.3	21.6	21.6	21.6
Argyle and Bute	20.5	20.7	20.4	19.5	18.8	18.9	18.8	19.5
Ayr	23.0	23.3	23.4	22.7	21.7	22.3	22.1	22.0
Dunbarton	21.5	22.9	23.3	22.4	21.7	22.0	22.0	22.1
Glasgow	25.6	24.5	24.3	22.8	20.8	21.0	21.1	20.8
Lanark	25.4	24.5	24.8	23.8	21.6	21.7	21.6	21.7
Renfrew	24.2	24.2	24.5	23.3	21.9	22.2	22.3	22.4
Tayside	20.1	20.7	21.4	21.1	20.3	20.8	20.6	20.6
Western Isles	18.2	18.8	18.4	17.7	17.1	16.5	16.7	16.5
Zetland	18.3	18.3	17.5	17.3	16.8	15.7	15.0	14.3
Scotland	22.4	22.4	22.4	21.4	20.3	20.3	20.3	20.3

Pupil/Teacher Ratio in Education Authority Secondary Schools
	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982
Borders	14.2	14.3	14.2	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.1	14.4
Central	14.4	14.3	14.7	14.5	14.2	14.4	14.4	14.4
Dumfries and Galloway	14.7	14.4	14.5	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.1	14.0
Fife	14.4	14.8	14.8	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.9	14.7
Grampian	13.4	13.3	13.6	13.6	13.4	13.4	13.8	13.8
Highland	14.2	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.0	13.9	13.7	13.7
Lothians	14.2	14.0	14.1	13.9	13.5	13.3	13.4	13.7
Orkney	12.3	13.0	13.5	12.8	13.0	13.2	12.9	12.5
Strathclyde	16.2	15.4	15.3	15.1	15.0	15.0	15.0	14.7
Argyll and Bute	14.3	14.2	14.0	13.9	13.6	13.8	13.8	13.8
Ayr	15.1	15.2	15.1	15.1	15.3	15.2	15.2	14.9
Dunbarton	16.1	15.8	15.4	15.1	15.2	15.2	15.4	15.1
Glasgow	16.1	15.3	15.1	15.1	14.6	14.5	14.4	14.3
Lanark	17.5	15.7	15.8	15.6	15.6	15.7	15.6	15.1
Renfrew	16.0	15.2	15.1	14.6	14.7	14.8	14.9	14.6
Tayside	14.3	13.8	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.0	13.9	13.8
Western Isles	13.6	12.4	12.1	12.3	12.1	12.4	12.2	11.6
Zetland	12.5	13.4	12.8	12.9	13.2	12.5	12.5	11.4
Scotland	15.1	14.7	14.7	14.6	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.3