§ Mr. WelshTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each district and islands council area the final outturn expenditure for 1995–96 in(a) the housing revenue account and (b) the non-housing revenue account. [1616]
§ Mr. Raymond S. Robertson[holding answer 1 November 1996]: The latest information provided by local authorities on outturn expenditure is set out in the table.
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Final outturn expenditure 1995–96 Authority HRA Non-HRA Borders Berwickshire 0.349 0.500 Ettrick and Lauderdale 1.730 0.703 Roxburgh 3.019 0.837 Tweeddale 1.066 0.693 393W
Final outturn expenditure 1995–96 Authority HRA Non-HRA Central Clackmannan 3.465 0.718 Falkirk 11.911 1.566 Stirling 7.908 1.904 Dumfries and Calloway Annandale and Eskdale 2.542 0.467 Nithsdale 5.362 1.045 Stewartry 1.278 0.270 Wigtown 3.210 0.713 Fife Dunfermline 7.720 0.912 Kirkcaldy 8.713 1.005 North East Fife 2.612 1.208 Grampian Aberdeen 19.016 4.423 Banff and Buchan 4.948 1.454 Gordon 5.006 1.871 Kincardine and Deeside 5.069 0.687 Moray 4.847 1.170 Highland Badenoch and Strathspey 1.113 0.503 Caithness 2.432 0.714 Inverness 4.955 0.876 Lochaber 3.692 0.703 Nairn 0.825 0.145 Ross and Cromarty 2.701 3.064 Skye and Lochalsh 1.036 1.057 Sutherland 1.355 0.749 Lothian East Lothian 6.606 1.385 Edinburgh 30.650 21.401 Midlothian 5.544 0.711 West Lothian 6.860 0.914
Final outturn expenditure 1995–96 Authority HRA Non-HRA Strathclyde Argyll and Bute 4.704 5.683 Bearsden and Milngavie 1.616 0.184 Clydebank 5.576 0.340 Clydesdale 3.690 0.810 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 1.683 0.687 Cumnock and Doon Valley 3.178 0.285 Cunninghame 8.340 3.718 Dumbarton 6.621 1.146 East Kilbride 1.702 0.410 Eastwood 1.495 0.201 Glasgow 90.404 24.009 Hamilton 10.089 2.177 Inverclyde 10.683 4.300 Killmarnock and Loudoun 6.024 0.596 Kyle and Carrick 7.820 0.935 Monklands 14.358 1.172 Motherwell 15.547 0.966 Renfrew 23.986 4.361 Strathkelvin 5.000 0.770 Tayside Angus 4.900 0.858 Dundee 15.610 9.559 Perth and Kinross 6.046 2.077
Number of children in the Nursery Voucher Scheme Pilot Areas aged 4 years old1 in receipt of preschool provision Registered social work facilities Local authority area Local authority schools2,3 Other local authority provision3,4 Independent schools 2 Private provision4 Voluntary provision 4 East Renfrewshire 366 75 16 121 288 Highland 90 2 0 7 128 North Ayrshire 325 28 0 408 823 1 Age as at 31 December. 2 Numbers at September 1995. 3 Includes nursery schools/classes and special schools. 4 Numbers at November 1994. 5LA figures include jointly administered facilities and day nurseries.
§ Mrs. LiddellTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what notification he has received in respect of pre-school providers that have gone out of business as a result of competition from other providers in the pilot areas of the nursery voucher scheme. [1825]
§ Mr. Robertson[holding answer 1 November 1996]: None.
§ Mrs. LiddellTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of the vouchers that have been redeemed to date, have been redeemed in(a) the public, (b) the private and (c) the voluntary sector. [1829]
§ Mr. Robertson[holding answer 1 November 1996]: Of the vouchers for which claims had been paid by 25 October, 61 per cent. had been used in the public sector, 13 per cent. in the private sector and 26 per cent. in the voluntary sector. A number of claims had not yet been made, and these proportions will change as outstanding vouchers are submitted.
§ Mrs. LiddellTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many(a) parents and (b) eligible children in each of the pilot areas of the nursery voucher scheme have not taken up the entitlement to apply for a voucher. [1824]
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Final outturn expenditure 1995–96 Authority HRA Non-HRA Islands Areas Orkney 0.770 1.182 Shetland 4.534 0.261 Western Isles 3.165 4.674 Scotland 425.081 125.729