HC Deb 24 October 1984 vol 65 cc621-2W
Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will indicate the regional and island authorities which give nursery school children free milk under the European Economic Community school milk scheme.

Mr. John MacKay

Information is collected in respect of nursery and primary school children together. It is not possible centrally to isolate figures for nursery schools or identify where nursery school children may benefit. The authorities providing free school milk to children in the combined category are:

  • Central Regional Council
  • Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council
  • Fife Regional Council
  • Grampian Regional Council
  • Lothian Regional Council
  • Strathclyde Regional Council
  • Orkney Islands Council
  • Shetland Islands Council
  • Western Isles Islands Council.

Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will indicate the grant-aided and independent schools participating in the European Economic Community school milk scheme; and which schools give pupils free school milk.

Mr. John MacKay

This information is not held centrally.

Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the value of the subsidy in each of the past two years to each regional and island authority of the European Economic Community school milk scheme for grant-aided or independent schools.

Mr. John MacKay

The subsidy claimed on behalf of grant-aided or independent schools by regional and island authorities is:

1982 1983
£ £
Dumfries & Galloway Regional Council 439.00 1,866.00
Fife Regional Council 3,233.86 10,289.11
Grampian Regional Council — 6,913.42
Highland Regional Council 13,979.78 1,688.83
Lothian Regional Council — 74,610.59
Tayside Regional Council — 28,011.63
Total 17,652.64 123,379.58

Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the value of the subsidy in each of the past two years to each regional and island authority of the European Economic Community school milk scheme for state schools.

Mr. John MacKay

The information is as follows:

1982 1983
£ £
Borders Regional Council 6,200.14 12,074.90
Central Regional Council 188,620.72 209,426.93

1982 1983
£ £
Dumfries & Galloway Regional Council 40,340.58 51,286.33
Fife Regional Council 265,701.52 310,097.57
Grampian Regional Council 162,947.55 194,862.44
Highland Regional Council 32,852.25 27,445.82
Lothian Regional Council 353,395.86 342,691.93
Strathclyde Regional Council 1,525,133.40 1,771,002.10
Tayside Regional Council 79,937.74 135,779.99
Orkney Islands Council 13,265.32 10,684.89
Shetland Islands Council 19,683.97 18,764.19
Western Isles Islands Council 8,722.54 31,081.56
Total 2,696,801.59 3,115,198.65