HC Deb 24 May 1974 vol 874 c340W
Mr. David Steel

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table in the OFFICIAL REPORT giving the cost of transport expenditure by each education authority in Scotland in 1973-74, expressed as a percentage of its total expenditure.

Mr. William Ross

The following table relates to 1972–73 the latest year for which information is available:

Education Authority Cost of transport As a percentage of total expenditure
BURGHS £
Aberdeen 54,075 0.52
Dundee 65,642 0.63
Edinburgh 218,450 1.00
Glasgow 848,451 1.46
COUNTIES
Aberdeen 371,225 4.86
Angus 154,035 3.55
Argyll 131,121 4.54
Ayr 502,698 2.67
Banff 94,403 4.02
Berwick 80,685 6.92
Bute 21,649 3.69
Caithness 65,800 3.76
Clackmannan 51,494 1.91
Dumfries 155,580 3.51
Dunbarton 196,090 1.35
East Lothian 40,326 1.68
Fife 369,693 2.08
Inverness 173,762 3.26
Kincardine 59,240 4.69
Kirkcudbright 71,557 4.95
Lanark 716,844 2.21
Midlothian 130,322 1.75
Moray and Nairn 89,649 3.13
Orkney 62,632 5.30
Peebles 33,933 5.46
Perth and Kinross 244,560 3.84
Renfrew 285,118 1.39
Ross and Cromarty 162,764 3.92
Roxburgh 75,703 3.98
Selkirk 14,512 1.28
Stirling 179,876 1.71
Sutherland 68,235 5.57
West Lothian 124,273 1.94
Wigtown 63,180 4.31
Zetland 56,738 5.15
Total (Scotland) 6,034,315 2.08