§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 9 February 1999,Official Report, columns 173–74, on education expenditure, if he will list the figures for 1996–97 and 1998–99 in 1997–98 prices. [71475]
§ Mrs. LiddellThe following table shows the final outturn for 1996–97 and 1998–99 at 1997–98 prices. Final outturn figures for any year are generally higher than the budget estimates.
From 1 July 1999 this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.
Local authority education spending £000 (at 1997–98 prices) 1996–97 1998–99 Councils Final outturn Budget estimates Aberdeen, City 89,341 85,849 Aberdeenshire 112,428 108,748 Angus 49,212 48,531 Argyll and Bute 50,745 47,781 Clackmannanshire 24,686 24,524 Dumfries and Galloway 69,220 68,752 Dundee 72,078 67,317 East Ayrshire 60,566 59,034 East Dunbartonshire 54,677 52,479 East Lothian 38,496 36,867 East Renfrewshire 43,711 42,963 Edinburgh, City 163,076 159,645 Eilean Siar 24,181 23,945 Falkirk 64,331 62,503 Fife 171,942 162,655 Glasgow City 297,819 280,488 Highland 116,861 112,712 Inverclyde 43,894 44,286 Midlothian 41,639 40,132 Moray 42,935 40,600 North Ayrshire 66,870 67,062 North Lanarkshire 165,163 160,818 Orkney 15,756 14,947 Perth and Kinross 57,593 57,221 Renfrewshire 84,710 82,385 Scottish Borders 49,522 46,425 Shetland 24,483 23,183 South Ayrshire 53,847 45,889 South Lanarkshire 149,232 137,007 Stirling 41,655 38,478 West Dunbartonshire 50,896 51,861 West Lothian 85,289 77,231 Scotland 2,476,854 2,372,320 Note:
All figures are net current expenditure excluding loan and leasing charges as returned by the individual local authorities to The Scottish Office, adjusted to 1997–98 prices using the GDP deflator.