§ Mr. Welshasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the amount spent by Tayside region on each category of educational expenditure in each of the last four years, indicating by how much this fell short of the region's allocation in each case.
§ Mr. McElhoneThe table below shows outturn expenditure for the three financial years following local government reorganisation and the establishment of Tayside region.
771WUnder the rate support grant arrangements, no specific allocations of grant are made in relation to current expenditure on particular services. So far as capital expenditure is concerned, there were no allocations for expenditure in 1975–76 and 1976–77 as authorisations for these years were made on a starts basis. The allocations for expenditure in 1977–78 covering schools and colleges of further education totalled £2.9 million.