HC Deb 06 February 1995 vol 254 cc76-7W
Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each independent school in Scotland covered by the assisted places scheme in descending order the amounts which each school received for the financial year 1994–95, the number of pupils on the school's roll, the number of pupils covered by the assisted places scheme, the proportion of the school roll covered by the assisted places scheme and the fees charged by each of the schools for assisted places pupils.

Lord James Douglas Hamilton

[pursuant to his reply, 26 January 1995, column 351–52]: The information requested is detailed in the following table. The assisted places scheme is administered and statistical information collected in respect of each school session and not by reference to financial years. The information provided relates to fee remission grant allocations for the 1994–95 school session and to pupil numbers in the schools in the autumn term of that school session:

Fee Remission Grant Total Numbers of pupils on school roll (i.e., Autumn 1994–95 term) Number of Assisted Pupils Proportion of Assisted Place pupils of Total School Roll Fees charged for Assisted Place Pupils
School Allocation 1994–95 (£) Percentage (£ per annum)
Daniel Stewart's and Melville College and the Mary Erskine School 899,000 2,550 276 11 2,849–3,912
George Watson's College 747,000 2,044 249 12 2,802–3,876
George Heriots School 684,000 1,491 250 17 2,706–3,624
High School of Dundee 580,000 1,143 195 17 2,532–3,607.50
Hutcheson's Grammar School 452,000 1,821 146 8 3,389
St. Aloysius College 419,000 1,082 159 15 2,978
Morrison's Academy 405,000 584 140 24 3,162–3,351
Merchiston Castle School 330,000 385 65 17 5,391–6,480
Glasgow Academy 324,000 1,010 89 9 3,738–4,014
Strathallan School 299,000 Autumn claim not yet received 6,165–7,485
Kelvinside Academy 294,000 546 82 15 3,314–4,135
St. Margaret's School (Edinburgh) 260,000 73 670 11 2,939.41–3,894.69
Glenalmond College 258,000 248 41 17 5,687–7,575
The Park School 235,000 284 68 24 3,330–3,708
Keil School 234,000 214 66 31 3,795–,479
Edinburgh Academy 233,000 902 54 6 4,935
Fettes College 220,000 475 36 8 4,584–7,305
Laurel Bank School 217,000 354 63 18 3,825–4,014
Dollar Academy 211,000 1,108 69 6 3,251.04–3,719.04
Loretto School 205,000 374 33 9 5,560–7,235
Wellington School 197,000 354 51 14 3,951–4,290
Kilgraston School 192,000 271 54 20 3,726–4,161
Robert Gordon's College 190,000 Autumn claim not yet received 3,548
Lomond School 188,000 493 52 11 4,014–4,119
Rudolf Steiner School 186,000 257 56 22 2,715–3,549
Rannoch School 173,000 250 37 15 5,490
Gordonstoun School 171,000 453 31 7 6,690
St. Leonard's School 164,000 329 37 11 4,706–5,682
High School of Glasgow 139,000 992 47 5 3,060–3,987
Craigholme School 130,000 498 44 9 3,120–3,330
St. Denis and Cranley School 120,000 174 31 18 4,203
St. Columba's School 117,000 571 33 6 3,420–3,690
St. George's School 112,000 886 29 3 3,729.30–4,097.43
Fernhill School 79,000 326 29 6 1,773–2,768
Belmont House School 73,000 382 24 6 3,121–3,522
Albyn School 66,000 415 19 5 3,432–3,536
St. Margaret's School, Aberdeen 55,000 405 20 5 3,049.56–3,353.10
Kilquhanity School 46,000 25 12 48 2,430
Beaconhurst School 45,000 238 9 4 3,990–4,095
Aberlour School 37,000 110 9 8 4,875
Crawfordton House School 27,000 45 6 13 4,542
Clifton Hall School 27,000 120 6 5 4,827
Lachallan School 27,000 120 6 5 4,662
Craigclowan Preparatory School 25,000 230 10 4 3,495
Hamilton College 25,000 742 14 2 1,968.69–2,272.79
Butterstone School 23,000 58 5 9 4,930
Cargilfield School 23,000 192 4 3 5,695
Croftinloan Preparatory School 22,000 81 4 5 5,475
Ardvreck School 22,000 147 5 3 4,588
New Park School 19,000 124 4 3 3,951
St. Mary's School 17,000 95 4 4 4,536
Belhaven Hill School 10,000 78 2 3 5,039
Drumley House School 7,000 106 2 2 4,415
Park Lodge School 3,000 No assisted place pupils as yet for 1994–95 school session 2,694