§ Mr. SteelTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in theOfficial Report a list of expenditure by local education authorities in Scotland on clothes for schoolchildren.
§ Mr. Rifkind[holding answer 3 November 1989]: The latest available figures from local authorities are in respect of financial year 1987–88 and are as follows:
Education Authority Expenditure (£'000) Borders 53 Central 367 Dumfies and Galloway 2 Fife 390 Grampian 78 Highland 133 Lothian 847 Strathclyde 3,321 Tayside 260 Orkney 6 Shetland — Western Isles 7