§ Mr. Wallaceasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much was spent by each local education authority in Scotland on the purchase of text books in each year since 1978–79 in terms of (a) current prices and (b) 1978–79 prices.
§ Mr. John MacKay[pursuant to his reply, 9 April 1987] : The information available is given in the following tables, which have been compiled from local authority financial returns. There have been some variations in the basis of recording of expenditure under the heading of text and library books, both between authorities and from year to year. In addition to those cases specifically noted in the table, there may be other cases where the figures given also include other equipment as well as text and library books.
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Region 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 11985–86 Fife 319 315 266 288 226 580 214 189 Grampian 394 1,367 1,230 425 402 306 297 236 Highland 460 176 189 503 505 2705 2653 2496 Lothian 687 610 687 508 403 346 273 281 Strathclyde 3,333 2,868 2,099 2,131 2,102 1,474 1,577 1,180 Tayside 219 203 183 176 163 155 155 158 Orkney 87 68 48 35 20 18 14 13 Shetland 26 29 28 34 37 83 71 20 Western Isles 142 51 56 142 102 47 27 29 1 Provisional. 2Thcse figures include expenditure on other educational tools and equipment as well as on text and library books.