HC Deb 14 May 1996 vol 277 cc431-2W
Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the amount of money(a) allocated in the current financial year to each further education college in Scotland for bursaries and (b) spent on bursaries for each college by the previous regional councils in 1995–96. [28648]

Mr. Raymond S. Robertson

The information is set out in the table.

College 1996–97 bursary allocation 1995–96 local authority expenditure
Aberdeen 3,416,389 3,362,732
Angus 1,254,211 1,234,513
Anniesland 517,128 509,007
Ayr 1,022,273 1,006,217
Banff and Buchan 1,032,714 1,016,494
Barony 150,002 147,826
Bell
Borders 1,162,435 1,144,178
Cambuslang 509,326 501,326
Cardonald 1,674,300 1,648,003
Central 522,465 514,259
Clackmannan 630,934 621,025
Clydebank 1,295,143 1,274,802
Coatbridge 862,214 848,672
Cumbernauld 561,627 552,806
Dumfries and Galloway 1,381,549 1,359,851
Dundee 2,335,871 2,299,184
Elmwood 481,628 474,064
Falkirk 1,624,131 1,598,623
Fife 924,418 909,899
GCBP 683,312 672,580

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Newcastle Upon Tyne, East (Mr. Brown) on 29 March 1995, column 581, which stated that the information requested had been placed in the Libraries of the House.

Since that date, information subsequently received on contracts awarded is set out as follows.

College 1996–97 bursary allocation 1995–96 local authority expenditure
GCFT 659,434 649,077
GCNS 570,988 562,020
Glenrothes 880,220 866,395
Inverness 1,545,448 1,521,176
James Watt 1,605,220 1,580,009
JEVC 995,670 980,032
John Wheatley 368,111 362,329
Kilmarnock 1,578,468 1,553,677
Langside 970,046 954,811
Lauder 1,020,161 1,004,138
Lews Castle 388,848 382,741
Moray 1,423,876 1,401,513
Motherwell 1,833,883 1,805,081
North Glasgow 831,965 818,898
Oatridge 252,429 248,465
Perth 1,305,562 1,285,057
Reid Kerr 1,436,578 1,414,015
Stevenson 1,375,391 1,353,789
Stow 792,189 779,747
Telford 1,974,867 1,943,850
Thurso 449,325 442,268
West Lothian 753,819 741,980
Total 45,054,568 44,347,129