HC Deb 15 March 1994 vol 239 cc658-9W
Sir Harold Walker

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the unit cost per pupil in each Scottish local education authority for 1992–93 for(a) nursery-primary and (b) secondary pupils.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The information is given in the table. It excludes the cost of home-to-school transport, school meals, education authority central administration and loan charges.

Net current expenditure per pupil in 1992–93
Region Nursery and primary £ Secondary £
Borders 1,839 2,857
Central 1,736 2,801
Dumfries and Galloway 1,752 2,957
Fife 1,711 2,636
Grampian 1,861 3,031
Highland 1,917 2,896
Lothian 1,698 3,047
Strathclyde 1,812 2,842
Tayside 1,733 3,036
Region Nursery and primary £ Secondary £
Orkney 2,103 3,827
Shetland 2,393 4,489
Western Isles 2,429 4,297

Notes:

1. These figures have been compiled from local authority financial returns.

2. Figures for Borders, Strathclyde, Shetland and Western Isles are provisional.