§ Mr. WallaceTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what information he has regarding the amount spent by each local education authority in Scotland on books in 1993 prices in(a) 1979–80, (b) 1984–85, (c) 1989–90 and (d) 1992–93.
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§ Mr. Lang[holding answer 14 March 1994]: The available information on education authorities' spending on books and equipment is given in the table. The table shows combined figures for books and equipment in 1984–85 and later years because not all authorities' returns identify separately spending on books in those years.
Expenditure by education authorities on books and educational equipment adjusted to 1992–93 prices using the GDP deflator £000 1979–80 1984–85 1989–90 1992–93 Borders 38 349 353 1,619 Central 726 3,107 4,392 4,438 Dumfries and Galloway 436 1,292 1,695 2,817 Fife 947 3,838 4,419 5,758 Grampian 3,878 4,538 7,320 9,043 Highland 528 2,479 3,294 3,860 Lothian 2,078 4,366 7,377 10,183 Strathclyde 8,344 19,932 26,629 33,133 Tayside 607 2,009 6,510 5,794 Orkney 186 265 142 166 Shetland 81 310 688 723 Western Isles 143 362 550 979 Note 1: The figures include expenditure on books and educational equipment in local authority schools, further education colleges and community education establishments.
Note 2: The figures for 1979–80 relate to expenditure on text and library books only.