HC Deb 23 June 1993 vol 227 cc208-9W
Mr. Beggs

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the annual expenditure on administration by each local education authority in each of the last three years.

Mr. Stewart

[holding answer 22 June 1993 ]: Based on information provided by local authorities in local financial returns, the figures set out in the table detail net expenditure—excluding loans and leasing charges and revenue contributions to capital—on administration by individual local authority education departments for the years 1990–91 and 1991–92. Information for 1992–93 is not yet available.

£000's
1990–91 1991–92
Borders 2,576 2,958
Central 5,427 5,583
Dumfries and Galloway 3,437 3,844
Fife 6,726 7,823
Grampian 7,765 5,416
Highland 4,056 3,939
Lothian 17,130 18,147
Strathclyde 31,517 22,803
Tayside 11,022 5,562
Orkney 577 445
Shetland 757 1,083
Western Isles 1,087 2,097
Scotland 92,077 79,700