§ Mr. WorthingtonTo 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. RobertsonThe information is set out in the table.
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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-HamiltonI 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