§ Mr. Allan StewartTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will announce the allocations of grant-in-aid for recurrent expenditure to the grant-aided colleges in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythI am pleased to announce that the Secretary of State has made the following offers of recurrent grant to the 17 grant-aided colleges for the financial year 1989–90. The offers, which are conditional on parliamentary approval of the Supply Estimates, are as follows:
Offer 1989–90 £ million Per cent. increase Central Institutions Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art 3.965 8.0 Dundee Institute of Technology 7.260 8.0 Edinburgh College of Art 4.223 3.0 Glasgow College of Technology 12.916 8.0 Glasgow School of Art 3.795 3.0 Napier Polytechnic of Edinburgh 18.140 8.0 Paisley College of Technology 11.054 3.0 Queen Margaret College 4.591 8.0 Queen's College, Glasgow 3.285 8.0 Robert Gordon's Institute of Technology 12.589 3.0 The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama 2.553 3.0 Scottish College of Textiles 2.553 7.5 Colleges of Education Craigie 1.570 4.1 Jordanhill 10.299 3.5 Moray House 7.852 8.0 Northern 6.325 3.0 St. Andrew's 3.828 3.2