Scottish Education System

Part of the debate – in the Scottish Parliament at on 7 December 2022.

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Photo of Shirley-Anne Somerville Shirley-Anne Somerville Scottish National Party

I am grateful for the opportunity to give some local government finance statistics. They show that local authorities spent £6.4 billion on education in 2020-21, which was up from £6 billion in 2019-20. That was a 6.8 per cent increase in cash.