§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the amount of central Government financial support paid to list D category schools in Scotland in each of the five years preceding their abolition from 1 April 1986; and if he will express that central Government support as a percentage of the total cost of these schools in each year.
§ Mr. StewartThe Secretary of State paid grants towards the capital costs of those schools up to 1986 as follows:
At the same time, the Secretary of State paid grants towards the revenue costs of the schools but specific information is not readily available on the percentage of final current expenditure which these grants met.
£ 1981–82 366,476 1982–83 229,599 1983–84 227,005 1984–85 308,269 1985–86 354,684