§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the actual capital expenditure per pupil and per capita for every Scottish region since 1979.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 6 July 1992]: The tables provide information about capital expenditure (a) per pupil, and (b) per head of population on local authority schools. They have been derived from local authority capital expenditure returns, the annual school census of pupil numbers and annual estimates of population.
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1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 Highland 60 69 86 77 46 23 38 32 73 107 116 92 Lothian 60 69 58 68 52 54 58 36 80 79 117 96 Strathclyde 36 41 53 44 48 50 52 46 54 69 74 66 Tayside 31 25 27 31 23 35 46 34 57 64 70 56 Orkney 44 27 175 353 263 388 370 282 310 327 314 406 Shetland 663 703 800 624 579 436 252 121 131 230 183 211 Western Isles 76 98 225 263 150 165 204 579 712 421 306 447
Capital expenditure per pupil on local authority schools (£ at out-turn prices) 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 Borders 5 11 9 6 7 9 10 9 9 10 16 31 Central 12 10 9 5 4 4 5 9 10 16 18 17 Dumfries and Galloway 11 11 11 14 16 16 17 14 4 11 12 9 Fife 7 7 7 7 5 8 12 13 6 14 17 25 Grampian 15 18 24 18 13 12 16 16 4 7 8 11 Highland 12 14 16 14 8 4 7 6 13 18 19 15 Lothian 10 12 9 11 8 8 8 5 11 11 16 13 Strathclyde 7 8 10 8 8 8 9 7 8 11 11 10 Tayside 6 4 5 5 4 5 7 5 8 9 10 8 Orkney 9 5 31 63 47 65 63 47 51 53 51 66 Shetland 136 139 135 112 107 78 45 21 24 42 33 37 Western Isles 16 21 45 52 29 31 38 103 125 71 52 74 The figures in both tables relate to expenditure on nursery, primary, secondary and special schools.