HL Deb 01 March 1999 vol 597 cc157-9WA
Lord Selkirk of Douglas

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish, by local authority area in Scotland, the level of primary education funding per primary school pupil in cash terms and in 1998–99 prices in each year since 1992. [HL1082]

Lord Macdonald of Tradeston

The information is given in the tables below. 1996–97 is the latest financial year for which actual expenditure information is currently available. The figures, which are derived from local authority returns, do not include the cost of home to school transport, school meals, education authority central administration costs and loan charges. From 1 July 1999, this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.

Net current expenditure per pupil in local 'authority primary schools
(£ at out-turn prices)
Regional/Islands Councils 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96
Borders 1,885 1,935 1,943 1,870
Central 1,722 1,733 1,724 1,732
Dumfries and Galloway 1,745 1,749 1,719 1,761
Fife 1,729 1,721 1,752 1,771
Grampian 1,842 1,805 1,774 1,860
Highland 1,907 1,970 2,000 1,893
Lothian 1,659 1,650 1,695 1,745
Strathclyde 1,763 1,769 1,811 1,906
Tayside 1,709 1,711 1,766 1,757
Orkney 2,106 2,560 2,537 2,640
Shetland 2,382 2,945 2,576 2,499
Western Isles 2,429 2,390 2,490 2,478

Net current expenditure per pupil in local authority primary schools
(£ at 1998–99 prices)
Regional/island Councils 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96
Borders 2,193 2,193 2,171 2,030
Central 2,003 1,964 1,926 1,880
Dumfries and Galloway 2,030 1,982 1,921 1,912
Fife 2,011 1,950 1,957 1,923
Grampian 2,143 2,045 1,982 2,019
Highland 2,218 2,232 2,235 2,055
Lothian 1,930 1,870 1,894 1,894
Strathclyde 2,051 2,005 2.023 2,069
Tayside 1,988 1,939 1,973 1,907
Orkney 2,450 2,901 2,834 2,866
Shetland 2,771 3,337 2,878 2,713
Western Isles 2,826 2,708 2,782 2,690

Net current expenditure per pupil in local authority primary schools in 1996–97
Councils (£ at out-turn prices) (£ at 1998–99 prices
Aberdeen, City 1,805 1,901
Aberdeenshire 1,857 1,955
Angus 1,799 1,894
Argyll and Bute 2,382 2,508
Clackmannanshire 1,761 1,854
Dumfries and Galloway 1,766 1,860
Dundee 1,793 1,889
East Ayrshire 1,820 1,917
East Dunbartonshire 1,659 1,748
East Lothian 1,764 1,858
East Renfrewshire 1,571 1,654
Edinburgh, City 1,774 1,869
Eilean Siar 2,531 2,666
Falkirk 1,755 1,848
Fife 1,754 1,847
Glasgow City 2,007 2,114
Highland 1,966 2,070
Inverclyde 1,780 1,875
Midlothian 1,882 1,983
Moray 1,513 1,593
North Ayrshire 1,750 1,843
North Lanarkshire 1,836 1,934
Orkney 2,711 2,855
Perth and Kinross 1,834 1,931
Renfrewshire 1,785 1,880

Net current expenditure per pupil in local authority primary schools in 1996–97
Councils (£ at out-turn prices) (£ at 1998–99 prices)
Scottish Borders 1,896 1,997
Shetland 2,497 2,630
South Ayrshire 1,723 1,815
South Lanarkshire 1,893 1,993
Stirling 1,947 2,050
West Dunhartonshire 1,912 2,014
West Lothian 1,830 1,928