§ Mr. Gouldasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing by education authority (a) the most recently available number of school pupils receiving free school meals, (b) the numbers receiving free school meals as a percentage of the school population, (c) the average number of pupils receiving free school meals during the academic year 1978–79 and (d) the average numbers receiving free school meals expressed as a percentage of the average school population during the academic year 1978–79.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe information is as follows:
division over the past five years which were designed by consultants and indicating what proportion of this work was undertaken by consultants who had their headquarters within the same divisions as the respective schemes.
(2) if he will make a statement regarding the capital works schemes in each of the four divisions of the water service outlining the total cost of such schemes in each division over the past five years which were designed by the central design unit and indicating what proportion of this work was undertaken by the central design unit offices located in the respective divisions.
§ Mr. NeedhamThe information requested insofar as it is readily available, is given in the following table for the financial years 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84 and 1984–85. Collation of these statistics for 1985–86 has not yet been completed. The disaggregation of schemes for 1984–85 according to the location of the consultant design firms employed is not at present available. Further research will be required to identify those schemes which were designod by central design unit teams based in the same divisional areas in which the projects were located. I will forward to the hon. Gentleman as soon as possible details on these two points and the relevant statistics for 1985–86.
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Financial year and Division Total value of capital schemes designed by consultants (£000s) Proportion of works in column (1) designed by firms with head offices in the same Divisions as the respective schemes (percentage) Total value of schemes designed by CDU (£000s) Total value of all schemes (£000s) 1981–82 Northern 1,974 6 307 2,281 Southern 650 28 994 1,644 Eastern 6,678 100 2,319 8,997 Western 2,162 0 593 2,755 1982–83 Northern 2,549 19 1,174 3,723 Southern 570 32 973 1,543 Eastern 2,088 84 5,323 7,411 Western 2,120 0 142 2,262 1983–84 Northern 2,070 26 1,217 3,287 Southern 1,833 22 1,001 2,834 Eastern 708 96 4,157 4,865 Western 2,735 0 2,143 4,878 1984–85 Northern 2,246 n/a 1,044 3,290 Southern 1,397 n/a 1,177 2,574 Eastern 5,395 n/a 4,228 9,623 Western 494 n/a 540 1,034
§ Mr. Humeasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement indicating from which water service offices the work of consultants on the design of schemes in each of the four water service divisions is supervised.
§ Mr. NeedhamThe work of consultants designing water service schemes is monitored by central design unit teams in Belfast and Craigavon. Schemes in eastern division are supervised by the Belfast team, as are schemes in northern division, with the exception of schemes in the Magherafelt and Cookstown areas, which are supervised by the Craigavon team. Schemes in western and southern divisions are supervised by the Craigavon team.