HC Deb 27 October 1983 vol 47 c197W
Mr. Foulkes

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what allowance he has made in the calculation of rate support grant to regional councils for their expenditure on clothing grants to enable children to attend school.

Mr. Ancram

School clothing grants are taken into account but not specifically identified in arriving at the provision for relevant expenditure. Rate support grant is paid in support of local revenues generally and cannot be attributed to individual items of local authority expenditure.

Mr. Foulkes

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the latest available figures for expenditure by each region on school clothing grants; and how this compares with 1982.

Mr. Allan Stewart

The latest available figures for expenditure on school clothing grants made under section 54 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 are in respect of financial year 1981–82. These are as follows:

(to the nearest thousand pounds)
Education authority Expenditure
£
Borders 10,000
Central 126,000
Dumfries and Galloway 17,000
Fife 12,000
Grampian
Highland 17,000
Lothian 74,000
Strathclyde 444,000
Tayside 31,000
Orkney 3,000
Shetland
Western Isles
Total 734,000
Figures for financial year 1982/83 are not yet available.