§ Dr. Godmanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table in the Official Report showing the cost of teachers' salaries in Scotland as a proportion of total expenditure on education in each year since 1978–79 and the amount spent by local education authorities on books and equipment over the same period at 1985–86 prices.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe available information is shown in the table, which has been compiled from local authority financial returns. The figures refer to nursery, primary, secondary and special schools.
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Teachers' salaries as a proportion of net expenditure on education1 Expenditure on books and equipment at 1985–86 prices 23 (£000) Year Percentage Text and library books Educational tools, equipment and materials 1978–79 60.79 11,501 n/a 1979–80 60.45 11,448 n/a 1980–81 62.25 9,489 n/a 1981–82 61.38 9,068 n/a/ 1982–83 60.64 8,626 17,860 1983–84 60.26 10,522 15,246 1984–85 59.85 10,176 16,924 1 The salary costs used in calculating the above table include employers' National Insurance and superannuation contributions. 2 Before 1982–83 expenditure on educational tools, equipment and materials was not separately identified in local authority financial returns. 3 The cash terms for each year have been repriced to 1985–86 prices using the gross domestic product (market prices) deflator.