§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will list the average amount of money spent by his Department on educating a pupil within(a) primary and (b) secondary schools adjusted for 1992–93 prices for each year since 1979 and for each education authority in Scotland; [16318]
(2) what was the average amount of money spent by his Department on educating a pupil within (a) primary and (b) secondary schools adjusted for 1992–93 for each year since 1979. [16321]
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 27 March 1995]: Direct expenditure by the Scottish Office on the education of school pupils is limited to grants made available to Jordanhill school, the self-governing Dornoch academy, and certain residential special schools. Grants are also made available for pupils at certain independent schools under the assisted places scheme. Comprehensive information on the division of
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Education Authority Schools Average number of pupils per class at September Education authority 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1987 1989 1991 1993 Primary schools1 Scotland 23.9 23.8 23.8 23.8 25.3 25.2 24.9 24.7 24.7 24.7 Borders 21.8 21.4 21.1 21.1 22.5 22.8 23.1 22.9 22.6 22.8 Central 23.0 22.4 22.4 21.9 24.0 24.0 25.0 24.9 24.6 24.7 Dumfries and Galloway 22.3 22.1 22.3 21.7 22.7 22.5 22.8 22.9 23.3 23.3 Fife 25.5 25.6 25.9 25.9 26.6 26.3 26.3 25.5 25.4 25.4 Grampian 23.2 22.9 23.0 22.9 24.4 24.7 24.4 24.6 24.8 24.6 Highland 21.5 21.0 21.3 21.2 22.7 22.6 22.7 22.2 21.8 21.5 Lothian 22.5 21.9 22.1 23.0 25.9 25.9 25.7 25.5 25.8 25.8 Strathclyde 25.0 25.3 25.2 25.0 26.3 26.0 25.4 25.1 25.1 25.1 Tayside 23.5 23.9 23.7 23.8 24.9 24.7 24.2 24.6 24.8 25.2 Orkney 20.6 20.2 20.0 20.5 21.2 20.7 19.0 20.3 18.8 19.4 Shetland 18.3 18.1 17.9 17.2 18.8 18.2 18.2 17.0 17.5 17.3 Western Isles 19.6 19.1 19.1 18.7 19.5 20.0 19.1 18.8 17.9 17.2 Strathclyde Divisions: Argyll and Bute 21.3 20.8 20.7 21.1 21.4 21.3 21.3 20.8 20.1 20.1 Ayr 25.1 25.4 25.4 25.1 26.4 25.9 25.3 25.2 25.0 25.2 Dunbarton 24.9 25.4 25.3 25.3 26.6 26.7 26.4 26.0 26.0 25.8 Glasgow 24.7 24.9 24.9 24.4 25.9 25.7 25.1 24.7 24.8 24.7 Lanark 25.4 25.5 25.4 25.4 27.0 26.5 25.5 25.2 25.0 24.9 Renfrew 26.1 26.2 26.0 26.0 26.9 26.5 26.0 25.9 26.1 26.4 Secondary schools Scotland 18.9 19.0 19.1 19.0 19.5 n/a 18.8 18.6 18.9 19.4 Borders 18.1 18.2 16.7 17.8 19.1 n/a 19.2 17.6 17.7 18.0 Central 18.7 19.3 19.2 18.8 20.0 n/a 19.8 19.5 19.7 19.6 Dumfries and Galloway 18.4 18.8 18.3 19.0 18.3 n/a 18.8 17.2 17.1 17.7 Fife 18.8 19.9 19.6 19.6 19.8 n/a 19.7 19.4 19.8 20.0 Grampian 17.9 18.4 18.5 18.2 19.0 n/a 18.0 18.4 18.9 19.1 Highland 17.8 17.1 17.2 17.4 17.7 n/a 17.8 17.0 17.6 18.0 Lothian 17.8 17.6 17.9 18.1 19.1 n/a 19.1 18.3 18.5 19.2 Strathclyde 19.8 19.9 19.9 20.0 20.3 n/a 19.3 19.2 19.6 20.1 Tayside 18.2 17.9 18.1 17.6 18.8 n/a 17.9 17.3 17.8 18.8 Orkney 14.6 15.5 15.1 13.8 15.4 n/a 15.8 15.2 14.9 15.2 Shetland 15.2 14.3 14.8 14.9 15.1 n/a 15.8 14.1 13.5 14.3 Western Isles 16.2 16.2 17.3 14.6 15.5 n/a 15.4 14.1 14.3 14.0 Strathclyde Divisions: Argyll and Bute 16.4 17.3 17.0 17.1 17.8 n/a 18.9 16.9 17.8 17.9 Ayr 19.5 19.6 19.5 19.8 20.5 n/a 20.2 18.8 18.6 19.4 Dunbarton 20.1 20.4 19.8 19.9 20.3 n/a 20.2 19.7 20.2 20.3 these resources between the primary and secondary sectors is not available.
Expenditure per pupil in education authority schools is the responsibility of each education authority. Local authority expenditure is supported by aggregate external finance. Such financial support is not specific to particular local authority services and it is for each authority to determine the allocation of all the resources at its disposal.