§ Mr. OppenheimTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the per capita spending on primary and secondary education in each school board area.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe table, which has been compiled from local authority financial returns, gives information on current expenditure per pupil in primary and secondary schools in each education authority in 1986–87, the latest year for which information is available.
£s at out-turn prices Region Primary Secondary Borders 1,091 1,601 Central 961 1,651 Dumfries and Galloway 946 1,713 Fife 1,021 1,706 Grampian 1,021 1,725 Highland 1,033 1,622 Lothian 1,033 1,846 Strathclyde 1,066 1,787 Tayside 988 1,768 Orkney 1,249 2,007 Shetland 1,391 2,503 Western Isles 1,094 2,138 Information about individual schools is not held centrally. The School Boards (Scotland) Bill now before Parliament will establish a separate board for each education authority school; each board will have the right to receive information on expenditure related to the school.