HC Deb 27 January 1988 vol 126 cc282-3W
Mr. Bill Walker

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give details of any educational projects which are planned for the current year in Tayside.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The educational building projects being undertaken or proposed in the financial years 1987–88 and 1988–89, as listed in Tayside regional council's current financial plan, are given in table 1. Table 2 gives details of projects in 1987–88 in central institutions in Tayside and the Dundee campus of the Northern college of education. Comparable information for 1988–89 is not yet available.

Table 1
Planned expenditure
Project 1987–88 £000s1 1988–89 £000s1
Perth academy—alterations and extensions 1,327 233
Educational improvements (including replacement furniture) 470 470
Webster's high school, Kirriemuir— alterations, extension and community provision 520 1,869
Perth grammar school phase IV 33 54
Conversion of former Arbroath high school to FE premises 340 836
Minor works, energy conservation equipment etc. 1,901 1,393
Grove academy—alteration, extension and community provision (met from covenant) 604 936
Montrose academy—alteration and extension (met from covenant) 175 1,550
1 At outturn prices.

Table 2
Project Planned expenditure 1987–88 £0001
1. Duncan of Jordanstone college of art
Access for disabled 50
Conversion of boiler 53
Remedial work to Springfield facade 34
Minor works 16
153
2. Dundee college of technology
Minor works 3 15
Dundee campus of northern college of education
Re-roofing 65
Floor coverings 12
77
1 At outturn prices.