§ Mr. Simon CoombsTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the Scottish regions in order of percentage growth in electorate since 1982; and what has been the percentage growth and the actual figures in each case.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information for the Scottish regions and islands areas for the period 1982–87 is set out in the table.
cannot be calculated, best estimates have been used. Distribution costs relate to bulk contracted distribution and exclude postage charges for copies issued in response to individual requests received by the Department; these charges cannot be estimated with sufficient accuracy.
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Printing and Distribution £ £ Consultation Document: School Management and the Role of Parents Printing 8,314 — Booklets Parents, Teachers and School Boards Printing 15,762 — Distribution 7,879 — School Management—the Government's Conclusions Printing 9,650 — Distribution 978 — Miscellaneous Printing 179 — 42,762 42,762 Publicity Paid Publicity 17,708 — Circulation of media releases 702 — 17,780 17,780 General Administration Stationery 731 — Photocopying of submissions for libraries 1,000 Casual Staff and Overtime 1,150 — 2,881 2,881 Travelling (Minister and Officials) 2,386
£ £ Total 65,809
§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will set out a list of the powers of the school boards under the Government's new proposals.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythWe propose that all school boards should have common basic functions, the main features of which are set out in "School Management: The Government's conclusions" which was published on 18 January. A Bill to give effect to these proposals will be published shortly.
We propose that all school boards should have common basic functions, including: a right to seek information and initiate discussion on any matter to do with the running of the school; a right to approve the headteacher's plans for spending on books and materials; involvement in the appointment committees for assistant head teacher, deputy head teacher and head teacher; a
Expenditure within the Secretary of State's responsibility in real terms (1986–87 base year)1 £ million 1979–80 Outturn 1980–81 Outturn 1981–82 Outturn 1982–83 Outturn 1983–84 Outturn 1984–85 Outturn 1985–86 Outturn 1986–87 Outturn 1987–88 Estimated Outturn 1988–89 Plans 1989–90 Plans 1990–91 Plans Agriculture, fisheries and food 201 216 193 181 187 199 209 177 187 183 190 180 Industry, energy, trade and employment 166 170 160 524 337 290 299 336 247 244 230 230 Other services: Tourism 12 11 12 13 13 14 13 13 13 13 10 10 Transport 578 546 574 573 563 549 555 575 591 563 590 580 Housing 1,222 1,097 918 820 817 717 634 637 670 586 620 620 Other environmental services 656 619 597 582 600 578 545 575 630 636 630 630 Law, order and protective services 408 431 458 475 509 530 522 553 595 624 610 610 Education 1,886 1,946 1,990 1,995 1,957 1,918 1,844 1,994 2,044 2,006 1,970 1,970 Arts and libraries 62 77 79 76 73 75 77 82 81 81 80 80 Health and social work 2,053 2,188 2,266 2,282 2,322 2,384 2,387 2,444 2,577 2,597 2,610 2,640 Other public services 100 104 102 93 109 108 107 110 113 115 110 120 Local authority current expenditure not allocated to services — — — — — — — — — 37 40 40 Total Other Services 6,975 7,020 6,995 6,869 6,964 6,872 6,685 6,983 7,314 7,258 7,280 7,310 Nationalised industries external financing 235 153 121 190 316 410 240 235 130 123 -70 -160 Total expenditure within the Secretary of Slate's responsibility 7,577 7,558 7,469 7,764 7,803 7,771 7,432 7,732 7,877 7,808 7,640 7,560 1 Cash figures adjusted for general inflation as measured by the GDP deflator at market prices. Source: 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988 Public Expenditure White Papers (Cmnd. 9428, Cmnd. 9702, Cm. 56 and Cm. 288).