Angus MacKay
Labour
Question S1W-31350
To ask the Scottish Executive what the increase in spending per (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupil has been in each year, compared with the previous year, since 1996-97 to date, broken down by local authority.
Nicol Stephen
Liberal Democrat
The information requested is set out in the tables. 2000-01 is the latest financial year for which information is available.
This table shows the increases (or decreases) in per primary pupil costs (in local authority schools) from 1996-97 to 2000-01
| TOP" width="25%"> | Increase between 1996-97 and 1997-98 | Increase between 1997-98 and 1998-99 | Increase between 1998-99 and 1999-2000 | Increase between 1999-2000 and 2000-01 |
£85 | £65 | £218 | £141 | |
Aberdeenshire | £29 | £78 | £104 | £108 |
Angus | £86 | £169 | £94 | £201 |
-£272 | £151 | £80 | £235 | |
Clackmannanshire | £22 | £129 | £155 | £119 |
£17 | £92 | £175 | £124 | |
£156 | £58 | £181 | £123 | |
£53 | -£34 | £221 | £80 | |
-£28 | £105 | £240 | £135 | |
-£19 | £241 | £334 | -£50 | |
£33 | £158 | £196 | £91 | |
Edinburgh, City of | £89 | £124 | £197 | £145 |
£161 | £340 | £406 | £429 | |
Falkirk | -£19 | £117 | £72 | £104 |
Fife | £15 | £150 | £167 | £179 |
-£33 | £135 | £221 | £255 | |
Highland | £18 | £100 | £196 | £61 |
Inverclyde | £0 | £162 | £240 | £93 |
Midlothian | £112 | £89 | £216 | £146 |
Moray | £1 | £155 | £182 | £274 |
£65 | £77 | £172 | £157 | |
£72 | £68 | £161 | £158 | |
-£22 | £151 | £367 | -£19 | |
£30 | £78 | £220 | £125 | |
Renfrewshire | -£11 | £139 | £208 | £205 |
-£157 | £87 | £182 | £149 | |
£34 | £368 | £476 | £685 | |
£76 | £29 | £336 | £82 | |
£33 | £22 | £180 | £317 | |
Stirling | -£48 | £135 | £185 | £35 |
£6 | £91 | £305 | £78 | |
-£94 | £108 | £158 | £114 |
This table shows the increases or decreases in per secondary pupil costs (in local authority schools) from 1996-97 to 2000-01
Increase Between 1996-97 and 1997-98 | Increase Between 1997-98 and 1998-99 | Increase Between 1998-99 and 1999-2000 | Increase Between 1999-2000 and 2000-01 | |
Aberdeen City | £89 | £53 | £320 | £34 |
Aberdeenshire | £70 | £133 | £216 | £86 |
Angus | £80 | £198 | £143 | £236 |
Argyll and Bute | £99 | £223 | £30 | £308 |
Clackmannanshire | £3 | £190 | -£36 | -£56 |
Dumfries and Galloway | -£2 | £178 | £162 | £89 |
Dundee City | £74 | £48 | £249 | £206 |
East Ayrshire | £77 | -£49 | £130 | £5 |
East Dunbartonshire | -£16 | £274 | £211 | £56 |
East Lothian | -£130 | £148 | £331 | -£59 |
East Renfrewshire | £109 | £136 | £200 | £69 |
Edinburgh, City of | £81 | £185 | £234 | £71 |
Eilean Siar | £11 | £232 | £1,128 | £203 |
Falkirk | £21 | £211 | £127 | £897 |
Fife | -£15 | £258 | £100 | £140 |
Glasgow City | -£267 | £328 | -£44 | £278 |
Highland | -£87 | £137 | £273 | £194 |
Inverclyde | £39 | £223 | £316 | £9 |
Midlothian | £77 | £238 | £226 | £11 |
Moray | -£52 | £162 | £231 | £158 |
North Ayrshire | £51 | £181 | £251 | £159 |
North Lanarkshire | £95 | £64 | £197 | £212 |
Orkney Islands | £132 | £370 | £329 | £64 |
Perth and Kinross | £102 | -£24 | £187 | £5 |
Renfrewshire | -£16 | £164 | £178 | £55 |
Scottish Borders | -£48 | £25 | £148 | £111 |
Shetland Islands | £304 | £240 | -£743 | £1,151 |
South Ayrshire | £44 | £191 | £246 | £207 |
South Lanarkshire | £108 | £98 | £182 | £17 |
Stirling | -£47 | £231 | £265 | £23 |
West Dunbartonshire | -£72 | £231 | £228 | £121 |
West Lothian | -£94 | £169 | £197 | -£79 |
Notes:
Pupil numbers are taken from annual (September) School Census returns.
Expenditure figures are derived from local authority financial returns. They cover total expenditure met from council tax, non-domestic rates, Revenue Support Grant and specific grants and include expenditure on school transport, milk and meals, pupil bursaries and accommodation.
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