Educational Expenditure (Hansard, 17 May 1982)

§ Mr. Younger

The information requested in respect of those matters for which I am responsible, in equivalent form so far as possible, is as follows.

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Education, Arts and Libraries Programme 15.8	Table 1 (corresponding to Table 2.10)
	£ Million cash
	1976–77	1977–78	1978–79	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85
Capital	4	5	6	7	5	6	8
Current	18	20	24	25	31	33	39	60	61
Total arts and libraries	25	28	34	37	45	49	58
Total programme	779	833	935	1041	1312	1378	1475	1526	1559
^* It is not possible separately to identify expenditure on special schools
^† Expenditure on transport cannot be identified
^‡ These figures exclude EC subsidy
^║ Expenditure on these items is borne by Department of Education and Science only

Table 2 (corresponding to Table 2.10.1)
Pupil and Teacher Numbers
Scotland
	Actual	Projected
Academic Years	1976–77	1977–78	1978–79	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85
Total school population (including special schools)	1053.5	1043.1	1023.2	998.9	970.0	936.8	905.2	878.3	853.9
Pupil Numbers
Under-fives	35.0	39.7	41.0	41.9	42.5	39.9	37.9	37.8	37.1
All other primary	602.7	584.3	559.4	535.1	508.4	486.3	462.6	442.4	430.8
Secondary—
under school leaving age	347.3	351.2	355.1	352.2	346.7	342.4	337.2	331.4	321.0
over school leaving age	55.4	55.0	55.3	58.0	61.1	57.1	56.7	56.2	54.9
Total (excluding special schools)	1040.4	1030.2	1010.8	987.2	958.7	925.7	894.4	867.8	843.8
School participation Rates (%)
Under-fives	23.6	28.4	30.7	32.5	34.6	32.4	29.4	28.4	26.9
Over school leaving age	31.2	30.6	30.4	31.5	33.2	30.9	31.6	31.9	31.4
Teachers
Numbers employed (FTEs)	55.3	54.8	55.5	56.1	54.5	50.4	49.2	48.0	46.5
Pupil/teacher ratios overall	18.6	18.6	18.0	17.3	17.3	18.1	17.9	17.9	17.9
Special Schools
Pupils	13.0	12.9	12.4	11.7	11.3	11.1	10.8	10.5	10.1
Teachers	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.2

Notes:

^* The table relates to pupils in education authority nursery, primary, secondary and special schools only: pupils under five supported through the urban programme are included.

^† Pupil and teacher numbers are as at September.

^‡ Participation rates for under-fives express the number of children under five in school, part-time and full time as a percentage of three and four year olds in the population.

^║ The secondary "over school leaving age" participation rate is expressed as a percentage of the 16 and 17 year olds in the population rather titan those over school leaving age, and is therefore not a direct measure of "staying on" rate.

Table 3 (corresponding to table 2.10.2)
thousands
Higher Education^*	Actual	Provisional actual	Home students (full-time and sandwich)
	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85
				Projections
Students on advanced courses of further education, excluding postgraduates	25	26	26	26	26
of which admissions	12	11	11	11	12
Postgraduates	2	2	2	2	2

Non advanced further education^†	Provisional actual	Forecast	Home students (full-time and sandwich)
	1980–s81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85
				Projections
Cmnd 8175 plans	43	43	41	41	—
—of which 16–19 yaer olds on full-time and sandwich courses	16	16	15	15	—
These plans	43	43	44	44	44
—of which 16–19 year olds on full-time and sandwich courses	16	16	16	16	16

Notes:

^* Excluding students at Scottish universities.

^† Excluding additional students participating in new MSC training schemes and as a result of the Prime Minister's unemployment measures scheme.

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