§ Mr. G. M. Thomsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state for each education authority in Scotland the amount spent on education per head of each child attending local authority schools; and how much of this relates to rate-borne expenditure and to Government grants, respectively.
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Table (1) (2) (3) Education authority Estimated average number of pupils, 1956–57 Total estimated net expenditure, 1956–57* Sources from which met Grants† Rates £ Per cent. Per cent. Counties: Aberdeen … 25,300 1,708,685 81.06 18–94 Angus … 15,650 930,465 76–61 23.39 Argyll … 9,300 714,198 77–44 22.56 Ayr … 56,300 3,163,355 70–13 29.87 Banff … 8,450 617,789 85–10 14.90 Berwick … 3,848 294,788 81–19 18.81 Bute … 2,200 157,955 61–41 38.59 Caithness … 4,200 299,245 85–49 14.51 Clackmannan … 7,040 447,405 73–63 26.37 Dumfries … 15,100 950,336 76–01 23.99 Dunbarton … 29,270 1,738,395 69–71 30.29 East Lothian … 8,700 558,804 70–28 29.72 Fife … 56,620 3,284,286 75.33 24.67 Inverness … 13,880 1,118,451 78.90 21.10 Kincardine … 4,780 290,280 79.73 20.27 Kirkcudbright … 4,900 377,599 81.07 18.93 Lanark … 96,750 5,999,126 74.26 25.74 Midlothian … 18,850 1,159,286 73.35 26.65 Moray and Nairn … 9,715 565,365 76.17 23.83 Orkney … 3,400 298,240 91.10 8.90 Peebles … 2,020 183,630 63.79 36.21 Perth and Kinross … 20,400 1,232,236 71.15 28.85 Renfrew … 54,000 2,905,348 69.94 30.06 Ross and Cromarty … 10,400 942,900 87.55 12.45 Roxburgh … 6,500 449,510 73.69 26.31 Selkirk … 3,180 199,028 70.62 29.38 Stirling … 32,500 2,108,117 70.97 29.03 Sutherland … 2,205 286,297 89.61 10.39 West Lothian … 16,948 1,001,241 76.96 23.04 Wigtown … 5,385 352,145 83.51 16.49 Zetland … 2,800 330,350 91.21 8.79 Burghs: Aberdeen … 28,900 2,414,423 63.63 36.37 Dundee … 29,750 1,877,384 66.08 33.92 Edinburgh … 63,500 4,161,847 59.06 40.94 Glasgow … 177,000 12,312,888 61.20 38.80 Total (Scotland) … 849,741 55,431,397 69.93 30.07 * Total expenditure of each authority on education after deduction of sums received other than grants and rates. Includes expenditure on further education, but excludes expenditure on the Schools Meals Service, and on the Milk in Schools Scheme. † Grants include Exchequer Equalisation Grants and Exchequer Transitional Grants as well as Grants from Education (Scotland) Fund.
§ Mr. MaclayThe following table shows for 1956–57 the estimated total net expenditure of education authorities on all forms of education and the percentages of the expenditure met from grants and rates respectively. I regret that it is not possible to extract from the total expenditure and show as a figure per head of children attending education authority schools the amounts properly attributable to the education of these children.