§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will estimate the spending on education in each of the current local government areas of(a) 1995–96, (b) 1996–97, (c) 1997–98, (d) 1998–99 and (e) 1999–2000. [69498]
§ Mrs. Liddell[holding answer 8 February 1999]: The available information is given in the following table. The current local government areas were not responsible for education spending in 1995–96. From 1 July 1999 this will be a matter for The Scottish Parliament.
Local authority education spending £000 Councils 1996–97 Final Outturn 1997–98 Provisional Outturn 1998–99 Budget Estimates Aberdeen, City 87,162 86,437 88,210 Aberdeenshire 109,686 112,025 111,739 Angus 48,012 48,192 49,866 Argyll and Bute 49,507 47,188 49,095 Clackmannanshire 24,084 24,458 25,198 Dumfries & Galloway 67,532 69,214 70,643 Dundee 70,320 69,074 69,169 East Ayrshire 59,089 58,104 60,657 East Dunbartonshire 53,343 51,531 53,922 East Lothian 37,557 36,970 37,881 East Renfrewshire 42,645 41,980 44,144 Edinburgh, City 159,099 159,859 164,035 174W
Scottish Office Agencies Associated Departments Year Item Value (£) Item Value (£) Item Value (£) 1997–98 April — — Scanner 300 — — — — Computer 3,000 — — May Laptop 1,727 — — — — July Disk Drive 200 Netting 3,000 — — Hard Disk 179 Computer 1,100 — — — — Printer 500 — — August Speakers 65 Bench 400 — — Mobile 33 Microwave 200 — — Laptop (2) 3,500 — — — — September PC trackball 106 — — Dictaphone 350 Ansaphone 60 — — — — Modem 170 — — — — Laptop 1,949 — — — — October PC board 70 Trailer 1,800 — — Modem 132 Laptop 1,500 — — PC CD (2) 280 Netting 2,000 — — Pager 80 — — — — Car 1,275 — — — —
Local authority education spending £000 Councils 1996–97 Final Outturn 1997–98 Provisional Outturn 1998–99 Budget Estimates Eilean Siar 23,591 23,523 24,604 Falkirk 62,762 61,704 64,222 Fife 167,748 164,946 167,128 Glasgow City 290,555 273,361 288,201 Highland 114,011 113,125 115,812 Inverclyde 42,823 42,884 45,504 Midlothian 40,623 40,721 41,236 Moray 41,888 39,903 41,716 North Ayrshire 65,239 67,212 68,906 North Lanarkshire 161,135 159,380 165,241 Orkney 15,372 14,980 15,358 Perth and Kinross 56,188 56,677 58,795 Renfrewshire 82,644 82,199 84,651 Scottish Borders 48,314 46,928 47,702 Shetland 23,886 23,384 23,821 South Ayrshire 52,534 50,656 47,151 South Lanarkshire 145,592 143,589 140,775 Stirling 40,639 36,802 39,539 West Dunbartonshire 49,655 50,439 53,287 West Lothian 83,209 77,700 79,355 Scotland 2,416,444 2,375,145 2,437,559 Notes:
1. All figures are net current expenditure excluding loan & leasing charges as returned by the individual local authorities to The Scottish Office
2. The provisional outturn figures for 1998–99 and the budget estimates for 1999–2000 are not yet available