§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the expenditure per pupil in primary education in each Scottish education authority area and in Scotland overall in each of the past two years.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe information is shown in the following table:
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Net Expenditure Per Pupil in Primary Schools (at Out-Turn Prices) Regional/Islands Council 1981–82 1982–83 £ £ Borders 816 885 Central 688 779 Dumfries and Galloway 690 781 Fife 759 795 Grampian 740 822 Highland 700 796 Lothian 774 780 Strathclyde 757 844 Tayside 702 771 Orkney 980 N/A Shetland 951 1,110 Western Isles 851 N/A Scotland* 750 819
Health Board 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 £ £ £ Ayrshire and Arran — 64 447 Dumfries and Galloway 205 — — Fife 421 — — Grampian 473 1,920 273 Greater Glasgow 1,053 3,471 2,748 Lanarkshire — — 266 Lothian 955 — — Tayside 94 727 1,173 3,201 6,182 4,907