§ Mr. Colvinasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his estimate of the total annual cost of education and training undertaken by his Department; and whether he is able to make an estimate of the cost of training carried out by the private sector in Scotland.
§ Mr. YoungerThe Estimates total cost of training by all sources for the Scottish Office during 1978–79 was £2.25 million which includes salaries and related costs
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£ million at 1979 1979–80 survey prices* 1980–81 (a) Local Authorities CURRENT EXPENDITURE General subsidies— Rate fund contributions to local authority housing 48 Total general subsidies 48 Rent rebates— Rate fund contributions 4 Rent allowances 2 Total income related subsidies 6 Administration— Local authorities 2 Total current expenditure 56 59 CAPITAL EXPENDITURE Local authority gross expenditure— Land 6 New dwellings 93 Improvement investment 97 Other 9 Improvement grants 19 Gross lending to private persons for house purchase and improvement 20 Loans and grants to housing associations 5 Total local authority gross expenditure 248 215 Sales and repayments— Land and dwellings— Local authorities - 11 Associated lending (gross) 6 Repayments - 1 Repayments of loans to private persons for house purchase and improvements - 14 Repayment of loans to housing associations - 1 Total sales and repayment –21 –33 Total capital expenditure 228 182 Total local authority expenditure 284 241 of students but excludes travel and subsistence, figures for which are not separately available. It is not possible to estimate the cost of training carried out by the private sector in Scotland.