§ Mr. GorrieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was average per capita spending in each education authority in primary schools and secondary schools on(a) books and (b) other educational materials and equipment (i) in the current session, (ii) 1994, (iii) 1992, (iv) 1987 and (v) 1977 in constant prices. [19776]
Expenditure per primary pupil on text and library books and on educational tools, equipment and materials, adjusted to 1997–98 prices using the GDP deflator Primary £ 1977–78 1987–88 1992–93 1994–95 Region Books Equipment Books Equipment Books Equipment Books Equipment Borders 11.47 n/a 18.58 0.38 14.57 45.84 0.00 3.94 Central 7.51 n/a 1.38 34.17 1.21 42.58 0.70 37.56 Dumfries and Galloway 13.09 n/a 13.70 21.63 14.36 56.22 17.68 70.97 Fife 6.77 n/a 12.26 11.04 9.02 17.97 23.26 6.41 Grampian 11.88 n/a 18.13 15.79 0.00 58.18 0.00 61.06 Highland 0.00 n/a 65.68 0.00 80.30 0.00 35.33 35.96 Lothian 10.94 n/a 9.85 11.82 16.92 25.14 21.31 34.44 Strathclyde 13.56 n/a 12.08 20.19 17.19 27.13 3.29 42.32 Tayside 8.10 n/a 9.50 28.16 12.80 22.27 13.77 36.58 Orkney 30.29 n/a 13.86 22.52 15.46 21.64 0.00 63.03 Shetland 35.6 n/a 22.86 13.72 24.84 42.44 0.00 97.22 Western Isles 10.15 n/a 17.98 22.21 39.15 62.81 32.07 74.96
Expenditure per secondary pupil on text and library books on educational tools, equipment and materials, adjusted to 1997–98 prices using the GDP deflator Secondary £ 1977–78 1987–88 1992–93 1994–95 Region Books Equipment Books Equipment Books Equipment Books Equipment Borders 13.40 n/a 59.18 0.49 18.28 144.57 0.00 166.74 Central 14.90 n/a 5.14 101.80 4.99 116.16 2.82 99.63 Dumfries and Galloway 24.23 n/a 19.26 106.71 11.45 140.09 11.91 147.32 Fife 15.51 n/a 16.88 114.92 14.23 78.64 63.73 21.12 Grampian 24.60 n/a 18.97 72.15 0.00 135.34 0.00 143.21 Highland 0.00 n/a 112.40 0.00 131.73 0.00 59.03 51.47 Lothian 21.04 n/a 13.64 51.75 13.26 77.09 11.58 83.23 Strathclyde 22.85 n/a 14.06 62.83 19.46 80.96 4.15 86.10 Tayside 11.83 n/a 11.16 110.03 11.83 109.82 11.71 91.10 Orkney 43.66 n/a 40.49 40.49 20.06 58.57 0.00 120.58 Shetland 93.23 n/a125.67 53.99 52.22 151.51 0.00 204.72 Western Isles 18.43 n/a 16.26 61.27 0.00 149.09 59.98 92.39 1. Not all education authorities distinguish on a consistent basis between the two headings 2. Where expenditure under one of the headings is shown as £0.00 it should be assumed that the expenditure has been allocated to the other heading.