§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will estimate the cost of employing consultants in connection with privatisation programmes in which his Department has been engaged since 1980.
§ Mr. Lang[holding answer 4 May 1994]: As recorded in the relevant National Audit Office reports my Department paid advisers fees of £19.6 million and £0.4 million respectively for services in connection with the sale of the Scottish Electricity companies and the Scottish Bus Group. The proceeds of the sales came to well over £3 billion.
Number of pupils for whom statements of special educational needs were made for the first time1 Number of pupils who were assessed but not issued with a statement2 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1991 1992 Clwyd 213 264 318 251 251 10 25 Dyfed 121 193 225 272 397 22 7 Gwent 463 338 402 480 497 1 2 Gwynedd 99 133 130 205 178 12 31 Mid Glamorgan 643 543 490 545 583 36 60 Powys 30 78 120 134 55 7 7 South Glamorgan 174 243 184 215 274 28 29 West Glamorgan 304 307 358 354 415 87 55