HC Deb 22 February 1999 vol 326 cc150-1W
Mr. Swinney

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will estimate the total spending on education for Scotland across all categories of education expenditure for each year from 1994–95 to 2000–01 in (i) current and (ii) constant 1998–99 prices. [71776]

Mrs. Liddell:

The information is as follows:

£ million
Year Cash terms 1998–99 Prices
1994–95 3,485 3,894
1995–96 3,534 3,837
1996–97 3,590 3,781
1997–98 3,596 3,695
1998–99 3,758 3,758
1999–2000 4,036 3,938
2000–01 4,351 4,141

Local authority education spending
£000
Councils 1996–97 Final outturn in cash terms 1996–97 Final outturn at 1998–99 prices 1997–98 Provisional outturn in cash terms 1997–98 Provisional outturn at 1998–99 prices 1998–99 Budget estimates
Aberdeen, City 87,162 91,798 86,437 88,814 88,210
Aberdeenshire 109,686 115,520 112,025 115,106 111,739
Angus 48,012 50,566 48,192 49,517 49,866
Argyll and Bute 49,507 52,140 47,188 48,486 49,095
Clackmannanshire 24,084 25,365 24,458 25,131 25,198
Dumfries and Galloway 67,532 71,124 69,214 71,117 70,643
Dundee 70,320 74,060 69,074 70,974 69,168
East Ayrshire 59,089 62,232 58,104 59,702 60,657
East Dunbartonshire 53,343 56,180 51,531 52,948 53,922
East Lothian 37,557 39,555 36,970 37,987 37,881
East Renfrewshire 42,645 44,913 41,980 43,134 44,144
Edinburgh, City 159,099 167,561 159,859 164,255 164,035
Eilean Siar 23,591 24,846 23,523 24,170 24,604
Falkirk 62,762 66,100 61,704 63,401 64,222
Fife 167,748 176,670 164,946 169,482 167,128
Glasgow City 290,555 306,009 273,361 280,878 288,201
Highland 114,011 120,075 113,125 116,236 115,812
Inverclyde 42,823 45,101 42,884 44,063 45,504
Midlothian 40,623 42,784 40,721 41,841 41,236
Moray 41,888 44,116 39,903 41,000 41,716
North Ayrshire 65,239 68,709 67,212 69,060 68,906
North Lanarkshire 161,135 169,705 159,380 163,763 165,241
Orkney 15,372 16,190 14,980 15,392 15,358
Perth and Kinross 56,188 59,176 56,677 58,236 58,795
Renfrewshire 82,644 87,040 82,199 84,459 84,651
Scottish Boarders 48,314 50,884 46,928 48,219 47,702
Shetland 23,886 25,156 23,384 24,027 23,821
South Ayrshire 52,534 55,328 50,656 52,049 47,151
South Lanarkshire 145,592 153,336 143,589 147,538 140,775
Stirling 40,639 42,800 36,802 37,814 39,536
West Dunbartonshire 49,655 52,296 50,439 51,826 53,287
West Lothian 83,209 87,635 77,700 79,837 79,355
Scotland 2,416,444 2,544,698 2,375,145 2,440,461 2,437,559

Notes:

1. All figures are net current expenditure excluding loan and leasing charges as returned by the individual local authorities to the Scottish Office, adjusted, where necessary, to 1998–99 prices using the GDP deflator.

2. The provisional outturn figures for 1998–99 and the budget estimates for 1999–2000 and 2000–01 are not yet available.