§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the expenditure per pupil on education by Tayside region in each year since 1975; and what are the corresponding figures for primary and secondary education.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe available information is shown in the table:
Net School Expenditure in Tayside per primary, secondary and full-time equivalent pupil Year Primary Secondary Total full-time equivalent* 1975–76† 258 454 334 1976–77 302 558 417 1977–78 326 671 456 1978–79 374 680 520 1979–80 450 814 627 1980–81 586 1,023 801 1981–82 702 1,188 952 1982–83 772 1,285 1,062 £ out-turn prices * These figures relate to nursery, primary, secondary and special pupils. † 10½ month year because of local authority reorganisation.
§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the amount spent on school books per pupil by each education authority in each of the past five years; how the figures compare with the Scottish average; and if he will disaggregate the figures for primary and secondary education, respectively.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe available information is shown in the table. Figures for individual authorities are not entirely comparable because of variations in items included in local authority expenditure returns under the category of text and library books.
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Region/Islands council 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 Primary Secondary All pupils* Primary Secondary All pupils* Primary Secondary All pupils* Primary Secondary All pupils* Primary Secondary All pupils* Tayside 2.47 3.85 3.00 2.81 4.05 3.28 3.01 4.46 3.70 3.73 4.78 4.13 4.03 5.20 4.57 Orkney 19.60 31.48 24.45 19.93 25.45 22.05 15.6 22.71 18.58 13.26 19.72 15.99 7.85 14.04 10.53 Shetland 4.01 9.45 6.16 5.94 10.75 7.64 6.65 11.04 8.64 8.21 15.28 11.93 7.02 25.66 15.36 Western Isles 13.82 33.55 22.21 8.15 8.63 9.30 12.47 9.17 11.93 22.70 49.69 35.27 16.44 46.15 29.67 Scotland 4.94 7.76 6.04 5.47 9.61 7.20 5.84 9.29 7.30 6.77 9.77 8.03 7.03 10.03 8.51 * These figures relate to fulltime equivalent nursery, primary, secondary and special pupils. † Only library book figures available. n/a=Not available.
§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much was spent by the Dundee education authorities on education per pupil in 1974–75 and 1983–84; and what were the corresponding figures for primary and secondary education.
§ Mr. Allan StewartFigures for Dundee corporation in the "Rating Review" indicate a 1974–75 per pupil expenditure of £322 at out-turn prices; separate figures for primary and secondary pupils are not available centrally. Figures for Tayside regional council's educational expenditure in 1983–84 are not yet available.