To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will ensure that the capital consent to Borders regional council for 1991–92 will be sufficient to replace the primary school at West Linton so as to cater for the private housing developments in the village.

Distribution of consents to incur capital expenditure in 1991–92 to local authorities will be announced in February 1991. It will be for Borders regional council to determine what school building work may be required at West Linton in the light of its knowledge of local needs and of the resources available to it.