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Scotland: Local Health Council Budgets

Lord Harris of Haringey asked Her Majesty's Government:

What is the aggregate budget for Scottish Local Health Councils in 1998-99 and 1999-2000.[HL1127]

The Minister of State, Scottish Office (Lord Macdonald of Tradeston): In 1998-99 the central budget was £1.6 million and in 1999-2000 it will be £1.674 million.

Scottish Business in the UK Parliament

Lord Hogg of Cumbernauld asked Her Majesty's Government:

What arrangements have been made for debating in Westminster matters relating to Scotland and governmental matters devolved to the Scottish Parliament after 1 July 1999; and[HL1092]

What arrangements have been made for the answering of written and oral parliamentary Questions relating to Scotland and governmental matters devolved to the Scottish Parliament after 1 July 1999.[HL1093]

Lord Macdonald of Tradeston: The House will need to consider how to handle Scottish business after devolution. Ministers in the United Kingdom Government will, in general, no longer have responsibility for matters which are within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament or the executive competence of the Scottish Ministers. They will continue to answer questions about matters within their responsibility.

Scotland: Primary Education Funding

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

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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/Islands 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
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 Dunbartonshire	1,912	2,014
West Lothian	1,830	1,928

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Scotland: Secondary Education Funding

Lord Selkirk of Douglas asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish, by local authority area in Scotland, the level of secondary education funding per secondary school pupil in cash terms and in 1998-99 prices in each year since 1992.[HL1083]

Lord Macdonald of Tradeston: The information is given in the table 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 secondary schools(£ at out-turn prices)

Regional/Islands Councils	1992-93	1993-94	1994-95	1995-96
Borders	2,857	2,873	2,941	2,933
Central	2,801	2,785	2,761	2,784
Dumfries and Galloway	2,957	2,876	2,894	2,941
Fife	2,636	2,569	2,597	2,630
Grampian	3,031	2,958	2,862	2,970
Highland	2,896	2,914	2,975	3,061
Lothian	3,047	2,963	2,959	3,024
Strathclyde	2,842	2,769	2,831	2,914
Tayside	3,036	2,878	2,946	2,932
Orkney	3,827	3,464	3,576	3,592
Shetland	4,492	4,948	5,104	5,397
Western Isles	4,297	4,200	4,405	4,535

Net current expenditure per pupil in local authority secondary schools(£ at 1998-99 prices)

Regional/Islands Councils	1992-93	1993-94	1994-95	1995-96
Borders	3,324	3,256	3,286	3,184
Central	3,258	3,156	3,085	3,022
Dumfries and Galloway	3,440	3,259	3,233	3,193
Fife	3,066	2,911	2,902	2,855
Grampian	3,526	3,352	3,198	3,224
Highland	3,369	3,302	3,324	3,323
Lothian	3,545	3,358	3,306	3,283
Strathclyde	3,306	3,138	3,163	3,164
Tayside	3,532	3,261	3,291	3,183
Orkney	4,452	3,925	3,995	3,900
Shetland	5,226	5,607	5,702	5,859
Western Isles	4,999	4,760	4,922	4,923

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Net current expenditure per pupil in local authority secondary schools in 1996-97

Councils	(£ at out-turn prices)	(£ at 1998-99 prices)
Aberdeen City	2,971	3,129
Aberdeenshire	2,759	2,905
Angus	2,835	2,986
Argyll and Bute	3,003	3,163
Clackmannanshire	2,932	3,088
Dumfries and Galloway	2,905	3,060
Dundee	3,142	3,309
East Ayshire	2,747	2,893
East Dunbartonshire	2,599	2,737
East Lothian	2,923	3,078
East Renfrewshire	2,611	2,750
Edinburgh, City	3,011	3,171
Eilean Siar	4,553	4,795
Falkirk	2,751	2,898
Fife	2,674	2,816
Glasgow City	3,322	3,498
Highland	3,135	3,302
Inverclyde	2,844	2,995
Midlothian	2,880	3,033
Moray	2,799	2,948
North Ayshire	2,776	2,923
North Lanarkshire	2,854	3,006
Orkney	3,778	3,979
Perth and Kinross	2,822	2,972
Renfrewshire	2,909	3,064
Scottish Borders	3,039	3,200
Shetland	5,777	6,085
South Ayshire	2,780	2,928
South Lanarkshire	2,863	3,015
Stirling	2,987	3,146
West Dunbartonshire	2,833	2,984
West Lothian	2,945	3,102

Scotland: Nursery Education Funding

Lord Selkirk of Douglas asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish, by local authority area in Scotland, the level of nursery education funding per nursery school pupil in cash terms and in 1998-99 prices in each year since 1992.[HL1084]

Lord Macdonald of Tradeston: The information is given in the table 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 full time equivalent pupil in local authority nursery schools(£ at out-turn prices)

Regional/Islands Councils	1992-93	1993-94	1994-95	1995-96
Borders	227	242	2,090	1,875
Central	1,974	2,073	2,206	2,298
Dumfries and Galloway	1,988	2,133	2,185	2,018
Fife	1,483	1,636	1,608	1,757
Grampian	2,265	2,313	2,315	2,401
Highland	2,425	2,928	2,877	2,875
Lothian	2,151	2,219	2,258	2,355
Strathclyde	2,820	3,089	3,203	3,437
Tayside	2,111	2,130	2,105	2,204
Orkney	1,959	2,379	2,409	4,386
Shetland	2,573	3,030	3,456	2,691
Western Isles	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Net current expenditure per full time equivalent pupil in local authority nursery schools(£ at 1998-99 prices)

Regional/Islands Councils	1992-93	1993-94	1994-95	1995-96
Borders	264	274	2,335	2,035
Central	2,296	2,349	2,464	2,495
Dumfries and Galloway	2,313	2,418	2,441	2,190
Fife	1,725	1,854	1,796	1,908
Grampian	2,635	2,621	2,586	2,606
Highland	2,821	3,318	3,215	3,121
Lothian	2,502	2,515	2,523	2,557
Strathclyde	3,280	3,500	3,579	3,731
Tayside	2,456	2,414	2,352	2,393
Orkney	2,279	2,696	2,692	4,762
Shetland	2,993	3,433	3,861	2,922
Western Isles	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Net current expenditure per full time equivalent pupil in local authority nursery schools in 1996-97

Councils	(£ at out-turn prices)	(£ at 1998-99 prices)
Aberdeen City	2,442	2,572
Aberdeenshire	2,358	2,484
Angus	1,979	2,085
Argyll and Bute	5,327	5,610
Clackmannanshire	3,280	3,454
Dumfries and Galloway	1,896	1,996
Dundee	2,243	2,362
East Ayrshire	3,441	3,624
East Dunbartonshire	8,025	8,452
East Lothian	1,951	2,055
East Renfrewshire	1,893	1,994
Edinburgh, City	2,596	2,734
Eilean Siar	n/a	n/a
Falkirk	2,256	2,376
Fife	2,622	2,762
Glasgow City	3,497	3,683
Highland	2,011	2,118
Inverclyde	4,513	4,753
Midlothian	2,564	2,701
Moray	1,576	1,660
North Ayrshire	1,839	1,937
North Lanarkshire	4,409	4,643
Orkney	2,680	2,823
Perth and Kinross	2,193	2,310
Renfrewshire	5,676	5,978
Scottish Borders	1,812	1,908
Shetland	3,086	3,250
South Ayrshire	3,002	3,162
South Lanarkshire	6,839	7,202
Stirling	3,308	3,484
West Dunbartonshire	4,743	4,995
West Lothian	2,340	2,464

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