§ Mrs. EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was his Department's budget for primary and secondary education (i) in cash terms and (ii) in real terms in 1998–99 prices and (iii) as percentage of Scottish gross domestic product in each year since 1978–79; and how much was spent per(a) primary and (b) secondary pupil in Scotland in (1) cash terms and (2) real terms, in 1998–99 prices, in each of these years. [43391]
§ Mr. Dewar[holding answer 2 June 1998]: Direct expenditure by The Scottish Office on the education of school pupils in public sector schools is limited to grants made available to Jordanhill School, a grant-aided school; and Dornoch Academy and St. Mary's Episcopal Primary School, which are both self-governing schools. The annual recurrent grant for these schools in financial year 1997–98 totalled £3.283 million.
Details of actual expenditure per primary and secondary pupil in local authority schools in Scotland are given in the table. Financial year 1996–97 is the latest year for which information is currently available. The figures, which are derived from local authority financial returns, do not include the cost of home to school transport, school meals, education authority central administration costs and loan charges.
Net current expenditure per pupil in Scotland £ Outturn prices 1998–99 prices Year Primary Secondary Primary Secondary 1978–79 409 698 1,328 2,267 1979–80 488 811 1,358 2,256 1980–81 636 1,021 1,496 2,401 1981–82 746 1,165 1,600 2,498 1982–83 816 1,266 1,633 2,534 1983–84 877 1,366 1,678 2,613 1984–85 913 1,466 1,663 2,670 1985–86 958 1,562 1,654 2,697 1986–87 1,036 1,764 1,736 2,957 1987–88 1,143 1,996 1,819 3,176 1988–89 1,247 2,263 1,860 3,375 1989–90 1,385 2,496 1,931 3,480 1990–91 1,508 2,683 1,947 3,463 1991–92 1,633 2,834 1,982 3,439 1992–93 1,766 2,914 2,057 3,393 1993–94 1,773 2,846 2,006 3,221 1994–95 1,797 2,874 2,003 3,204 1995–96 1,854 2,942 2,012 3,192 1996–971 11,846 12,937 11.949 13,101
§ Mrs. EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was(a) the standard spending assessment and (b) actual spending per pupil in (1) primary and (2) secondary education in (i) 1978–79, (ii) 1979–80, (iii) 1986–87, (iv) 1987–88, (v) 1996–97 and (vi) 1997–98 for Scotland as a whole and each local authority. [43900]
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§ Mr. DewarThe term Standard Spending Assessment reflects arrangements in England. The equivalent in Scotland is the Grant Aided Expenditure Assessment. GAEs are available only from financial year 1986–87 but not all of the components of the Education GAE are in a form which identifies separately primary and secondary education. Information on each Scottish local authority's GAE assessment for all services, including all relevant Education sub-services, is published by The Scottish Office annually in "Grant-Aided Expenditure" (the Green Book).
Table 1—net current expenditure per pupil £ 1978–79 1979–80 1986–87 1987–88 Region Primary Secondary Primary Secondary Primary Secondary Primary Secondary Borders 448 601 542 726 1,091 1,601 1,170 1,777 Central 384 676 447 776 961 1,644 1,082 1,894 Dumfries and Galloway 365 682 456 798 946 1,712 1,071 1,971 Fife 412 675 486 782 1,017 1,705 1,136 1,992 Grampian 407 730 508 835 1,021 1,724 1,101 1,939 Highland n/a n/a n/a n/a 1,029 1,618 1,169 1,866 Lothian 421 722 507 880 1,030 1,844 1,109 2,044 Strathclyde 413 697 487 795 1,059 1,781 1,163 2,008 Tayside 374 677 450 812 981 1,766 1,100 2,029 Orkney 565 658 731 820 1,249 2,007 1,565 2,125 Shetland 407 901 543 1,151 1,391 2,503 1,551 2,874 Eilean Siar (Western Isles) 486 840 570 988 1,079 2,121 1,402 2,410 Scotland 409 698 488 811 1,036 1,764 1,143 1,996 264W
Table 2—net current expenditure per pupil £ 1996–97 (provisional) Council Primary Secondary Aberdeen City 1,805 2,971 Aberdeenshire 1,857 2,759 Angus 1,799 2,835 Argyll and Bute 2,382 3,003 Clackmannanshire 1,761 2,932 Dumfries and Galloway 1,766 2,905 Dundee City 1,793 3,142 East Ayrshire 1,820 2,747 East Dunbartonshire 1,659 2,599 East Lothian 1,764 2,923 East Renfrewshire 1,571 2,611 Edinburgh City 1,774 3,011 Falkirk 1,755 2,751 Fife 1,754 2,674 Glasgow City 2,007 3,322 Highland 1,966 3,135 Inverclyde 1,780 2,844 Midlothian 1,882 2,880 Moray 1,513 2,799 North Ayrshire 1,750 2,776 North Lanarkshire 1,836 2,854 Perth and Kinross 1,750 2,751 Renfrewshire 1,785 2,909 Scottish Borders 1,896 3,039 South Ayrshire 1,723 2,780 South Lanarkshire 1,893 2,863 Stirling 1,947 2,987 West Dunbartonshire 1,912 2,833 West Lothian 1,830 2,945 Orkney 2,711 3,778 Shetland 2,497 5,777 Eilean Siar (Western Isles) 2,531 4,553 Scotland 1,846 2,937 Details of actual expenditure for the years requested (except for 1997–98 which is not yet available) are given in the tables. Table 1 reflects the former local authority structure in Scotland, and table 2 the unitary structure which came into effect in 1996–97. The figures, which are derived from local authority financial returns, do not include the cost of home to school transport, school meals, education authority central administration costs, and loan charges.