§ Mr. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) to state for each education authority area the amount, per 121W capita of children at school, spent last year on books, apparatus and equipment;
(2) if he will state, for the last available year, the number of children at
Education Authority Average number of children on roll Per capita cost Staff School maintenance Transport Travelling, etc. Total of columns 3 to 5 Books, apparatus, etc. Furniture and Equipment (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) £ £ £ £ £ £ Counties Aberdeen … 24,630 50.3 12.4 2.6 65.3 2.0 0.7 Angus … … 15,391 45.0 13.0 1.9 59.9 2.2 0.8 Argyll … … 8,374 58.3 13.0 9.5 80.8 2.4 0.5 Ayr … … 59,461 41.4 11.9 1.9 55.2 2.1 0.9 Banff … … 8,586 55.6 13.6 1.7 70.9 2.4 0.7 Berwick … … 3,725 57.1 13.1 5.9 76.1 2.4 0.6 Bute … … 1,973 56.0 16.1 4.8 76.9 3.3 0.4 Caithness … 4,750 49.7 13.3 2.7 65.7 3.5 0.7 Clackmannan … 7,437 41.5 12.1 1.6 55.2 2.9 0.3 Dumfries … … 14,920 42.4 15.2 4.5 62.1 2.4 1.5 Dunbarton … 31,067 36.7 16.4 1.7 54.8 3.1 0.8 East Lothian … 8,697 45.3 14.4 1.3 61.0 2.7 0.9 Fife … … 57,719 41.5 12.9 1.1 55.5 2.9 0.6 Inverness … … 14,468 52.4 13.8 7.6 73.8 30 0.6 Kincardine … 4,538 48.3 10.0 2.5 60.8 2.2 0.7 Kirkcudbright … 4,802 56.1 12.4 6.0 74.5 1.9 0.2 Lanark … … 101,928 39.1 15.3 1.1 55.5 2.4 0.6 Midlothian … 19,346 43.8 13.7 1.4 58.9 2.2 0.4 Moray and Nairn 10,095 44.0 9.2 1.5 54.7 2.0 0.5 Orkney … … 3,154 58.7 16.6 10.0 85.3 4.0 1.2 Peebles … … 2,074 54.3 16.3 9.7 80.3 2.5 0.5 Perth and Kinross 20,423 47.5 130 3.3 63.8 2.6 0.8 Renfrew … … 56,698 38.4 12.9 1.1 52.4 2.4 0.8 Ross and Cromarty 10,409 58.0 14.2 16.0 88.2 3.2 0.8 Roxburgh … 6,279 48.7 14.6 3.3 66.6 2.4 0.9 Selkirk … … 3,273 47.8 12.9 1.8 62.5 2.1 0.3 Stirling … … 33,088 41.6 14.3 1.1 57.0 1.7 0.8 Sutherland … 2,315 70.7 21.6 24.2 116.5 5.6 1.3 West Lothian … 16,838 41.7 13.7 1.5 56.9 2.6 0.6 Wigtown … 5,271 48.9 120 3.8 64.7 2.4 0.4 Zetland … … 2,975 67.4 17.6 16.0 101.0 3.8 1.0 Burghs Aberdeen … 29,533 53.5 19.4 0.4 73.3 2.2 1.1 Dundee … … 31,107 43.0 13.7 0.4 57.1 2.0 0.6 Edinburgh … 64,491 43.4 16.3 1.5 61.2 2.8 0.1 Glasgow … … 181,462 40.8 20.4 2.7 63.9 2.8 1.1 Total … … 871,297 43.2 15.5 2.3 61.0 2.5 0.8 Notes Column 2. School year ended July. 1960. Columns 3 to 8.—Financial year ended May, 1960. Column 5.—Includes expenses of hostels and board and lodging of pupils. Columns 7 and 8.—These expenses form part of the cost of school maintenance (column 4). These figures cover only expenditure directly related 10 attendance at school; they exclude costs of administration, capital expenditure and loan charges, and other payments for which the share attributable to schools is not known, and of school meals and milk, the school health service, bursaries, further education, libraries, etc.
§ Mr. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland to state for each education
122Wschool and the per capita cost of education in each local education authority area in Scotland.
§ Mr. MaclayFollowing is the information:
authority area the number of educational grants and the average sum paid in 123W respect of children at secondary schools and university students, respectively.
ACADEMIC YEAR 1959–60 Education Authority Higher School Bursaries University (whole-time) Bursaries Number Average sum paid Number Average sum paid Counties £ £ Aberdeen … … … … 575 38 270 199 Angus … … … … 225 40 137 189 Argyll … … … … 208 32 83 223 Ayr … … … … … 849 37 386 192 Banff … … … … … 143 40 88 206 Berwick … … … … 109 43 24 215 Bute … … … … … 32 35 23 224 Caithness … … … … 100 37 37 202 Clackmannan … … … 118 35 72 210 Dumfries … … … … 257 32 102 228 Dunbarton … … … … 493 33 225 163 East Lothian … … … 181 37 60 190 Fife … … … … … 1,414 34 458 218 Inverness … … … … 425 30 169 193 Kincardine … … … … 119 41 61 199 Kirkcudbright … … … 75 37 37 185 Lanark … … … … 1,861 35 587 194 Midlothian … … … … 264 36 101 194 Moray and Nairn … … … 221 42 104 212 Orkney … … … … 77 37 33 233 Peebles … … … … 65 44 23 234 Perth and Kinross … … … 550 37 191 196 Renfrew … … … … 727 37 384 169 Ross and Cromarty … … … 181 43 140 235 Roxburgh … … … … 83 36 52 222 Selkirk … … … … 69 36 32 231 Stirling … … … … 666 35 218 194 Sutherland … … … … 66 43 45 229 West Lothian … … … 371 37 98 201 Wigtown … … … … 91 38 32 213 Zetland … … … … 90 40 43 250 Burghs Aberdeen … … … … 555 38 431 178 Dundee … … … … 430 37 216 196 Edinburgh … … … … 1,362 35 780 162 Glasgow … … … … 3,545 35 1,110 187 Total … … … 16,597 36 6,852 191