§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the amount 20W spent per pupil in both primary and secondary education in Scotland overall and each of the regional and island authorities.
§ Mr. Alexander Fletcher:Figures for expenditure on primary and secondary pupils separately are not available centrally for all the regional and islands councils. Those which are available are shown in the table below, and relate to 1978–79.
Primary Secondary £ £ Central 384 678 Dumfries & Galloway 365 682 Grampian 407 730 Lothian 422 722 Strathclyde 417 698 Western Isles 485 839 Borders — 602 Fife — 675 On the basis of these figures, the current expenditure per pupil in Scotland for the same period is estimated to have been £413 for primary and £700 for secondary.