Timex (Hansard, 17 June 1993)

§ Mr. McAllion
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the sum total of Government grants received by Timex Corporation and Timex Electronic Corporation in relation to their Dundee factories since 1980, indicating the year, amount and nature of each grant.

§ Mr. Stewart
The principal sources of Government grants available to Timex Corporation and subsequently Timex Electronics Corporation since 1980 have comprised regional development grant—RDG—and regional selec-tive assistance—RSA. Comprehensive records on the RDG 1 scheme, which was terminated in 1984, are not retained. No grants were made in respect of the RDG II scheme which was terminated in 1988. Offers of RSA under which payments were made were as follows: 719W

Year of offer Amount offered

1983 £700,000

1985 £270,000

1987 £865,000

§ Ms Ruddock
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the number and proportion of children receiving school meals broken down into(a) paid and (b) free in (i) primary schools, (ii) secondary schools and (iii) special schools in each year since 1987–88.

§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
[holding answer 16 June 1993]: The information requested, taken from the annual school meals census returns for each year since 1987–88, is as follows:

School Meals Survey: Schools/Departments

Meals paid Meals free Total

Pupils ¹Per cent. Pupils ¹Per cent. Pupils ¹Per cent.

Primary

1987–88 106,319 26.3 126,303 31.2 232,622 57.5

1988–89 134,411 33.8 71,257 17.7 207,668 51.4

1989–90 142,737 35.4 69,862 17.3 212,599 52.7

1990–91 141,612 35.0 72,437 17.9 214,049 52.9

1991–92 135,871 33.8 76,792 19.1 212,663 52.9

Secondary

1987–88 75,573 26.9 41,853 14.9 117,426 41.8

1988–89 73,318 27.9 27,384 10.4 100,702 38.3

1989–90 83,894 33.1 23,449 9.2 107,343 42.2

1990–91 85,249 34.7 23,505 9.6 108,754 44.2

1991–92 88,680 36.1 24,809 10.1 113,489 46.1

Special

1987–88 1,603 20.5 5,856 74.8 7,459 95.2

1988–89 1,940 25.3 4,868 63.4 6,808 88.7

1989–90 2,068 28.8 4,343 60.6 6,411 89.4

1990–91 1,881 26.7 4,418 62.7 6,299 89.4

1991–92 1,710 24.5 4,275 61.2 5,985 85.7

¹ Percentage of pupils present on day of survey.

Note: In a number of cases, figures for special classes or units forming part of a primary or secondary school are included with the figures for that primary or secondary.

Year of offer	Amount offered
1983	£700,000
1985	£270,000
1987	£865,000

School Meals Survey: Schools/Departments
	Meals paid	Meals free	Total
	Pupils	¹Per cent.	Pupils	¹Per cent.	Pupils	¹Per cent.
Primary
1987–88	106,319	26.3	126,303	31.2	232,622	57.5
1988–89	134,411	33.8	71,257	17.7	207,668	51.4
1989–90	142,737	35.4	69,862	17.3	212,599	52.7
1990–91	141,612	35.0	72,437	17.9	214,049	52.9
1991–92	135,871	33.8	76,792	19.1	212,663	52.9
Secondary
1987–88	75,573	26.9	41,853	14.9	117,426	41.8
1988–89	73,318	27.9	27,384	10.4	100,702	38.3
1989–90	83,894	33.1	23,449	9.2	107,343	42.2
1990–91	85,249	34.7	23,505	9.6	108,754	44.2
1991–92	88,680	36.1	24,809	10.1	113,489	46.1
Special
1987–88	1,603	20.5	5,856	74.8	7,459	95.2
1988–89	1,940	25.3	4,868	63.4	6,808	88.7
1989–90	2,068	28.8	4,343	60.6	6,411	89.4
1990–91	1,881	26.7	4,418	62.7	6,299	89.4
1991–92	1,710	24.5	4,275	61.2	5,985	85.7
¹ Percentage of pupils present on day of survey.