Question reference: S5W-15037
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 5 March 2018
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 15 March 2018
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-08627 by John Swinney on 24 April 2017, whether it will provide the information for (a) 2016-17 and (b) each year broken down by (i) primary, (ii) secondary and (iii) special schools.
Answer
Data from 2016-17 is provided below, data from the financial years 2012-13 to
2015-16 was provided in the answers to questions S5W-08627 on 24 April 2017 and S5W-08983 on 10 May 2017.
As highlighted in the answer to questions S5W-08627 and S5W-08983, there are issues around the quality of this data. This means that accurate comparisons between local authorities and between years cannot be made. A lack of consistency in how local authorities have broken down the information to primary, secondary and special categories means that this data does not consistently represent the levels of spending in different categories of schools in local authorities.
Table 1 shows gross revenue expenditure on additional support for learning education from 2016-17 split by Pre Primary, Primary, Secondary and Special Education
Table 1 - Additional Support For Learning Expenditure 2016-17 (£000s) | |||||
Pre-Primary Education | Primary Education | Secondary Education | Special Education | Total | |
All local authorities | 6,502 | 61,428 | 46,315 | 495,728 | 609,973 |
Aberdeen City | - | 4,419 | 2,895 | 14,210 | 21,524 |
Aberdeenshire | - | - | - | 33,169 | 33,169 |
Angus | - | - | - | 7,610 | 7,610 |
Argyll & Bute | 474 | 2,808 | 3,201 | 2,276 | 8,759 |
Clackmannanshire | - | - | - | 6,890 | 6,890 |
Dumfries & Galloway | - | 6,515 | 2,109 | 8,769 | 17,393 |
Dundee City | 392 | 3,460 | 1,669 | 7,472 | 12,993 |
East Ayrshire | - | - | - | 11,722 | 11,722 |
East Dunbartonshire | 90 | 2,206 | 1,828 | 8,689 | 12,813 |
East Lothian | - | 1,990 | 2,786 | 8,383 | 13,159 |
East Renfrewshire | 630 | 1,991 | 1,411 | 7,174 | 11,206 |
Edinburgh City | - | - | - | 30,161 | 30,161 |
Na h-Eileanan Siar | - | - | - | 4,521 | 4,521 |
Falkirk | - | - | - | 19,456 | 19,456 |
Fife | - | - | - | 31,962 | 31,962 |
Glasgow City | 2,578 | 13,119 | 11,238 | 62,980 | 89,915 |
Highland | - | - | - | 38,741 | 38,741 |
Inverclyde | 180 | - | - | 8,644 | 8,824 |
Midlothian | 47 | 2,673 | 1,915 | 9,178 | 13,813 |
Moray | - | - | - | 12,814 | 12,814 |
North Ayrshire | - | - | - | 14,546 | 14,546 |
North Lanarkshire | 460 | 7,376 | 3,074 | 27,491 | 38,401 |
Orkney Islands | 30 | 1,281 | 923 | 1,471 | 3,705 |
Perth & Kinross | 223 | 1,915 | 1,093 | 11,099 | 14,330 |
Renfrewshire | 971 | 3,091 | 2,303 | 15,761 | 22,126 |
Scottish Borders | - | - | - | 11,983 | 11,983 |
Shetland Islands | - | - | - | 5,522 | 5,522 |
South Ayrshire | - | - | - | 15,547 | 15,547 |
South Lanarkshire | 427 | 8,022 | 8,344 | 19,063 | 35,856 |
Stirling | - | 562 | 1,526 | 3,451 | 5,539 |
West Dunbartonshire | - | - | - | 16,129 | 16,129 |
West Lothian | - | - | - | 18,844 | 18,844 |
Source: Local Financial Returns – Education (LFR 1) statistical return provided by local authorities to the Scottish Government.
Table 2 shows the percentage of total gross revenue expenditure on education by local authorities which is accounted for by spending on additional support for learning in 2016-17.
Table 2 - Percentage of total education spending on additional support for Learning 2016-17 | |
All Local Authorities | 12% |
Aberdeen City | 12% |
Aberdeenshire | 12% |
Angus | 7% |
Argyll & Bute | 9% |
Clackmannanshire | 13% |
Dumfries & Galloway | 12% |
Dundee City | 9% |
East Ayrshire | 10% |
East Dunbartonshire | 11% |
East Lothian | 14% |
East Renfrewshire | 10% |
Edinburgh, City of | 9% |
Na h-Eileanan Siar | 11% |
Falkirk | 13% |
Fife | 9% |
Glasgow City | 18% |
Highland | 16% |
Inverclyde | 11% |
Midlothian | 15% |
Moray | 15% |
North Ayrshire | 11% |
North Lanarkshire | 11% |
Orkney Islands | 12% |
Perth & Kinross | 10% |
Renfrewshire | 15% |
Scottish Borders | 11% |
Shetland Islands | 12% |
South Ayrshire | 15% |
South Lanarkshire | 12% |
Stirling | 5% |
West Dunbartonshire | 17% |
West Lothian | 10% |
Source: Local Financial Returns – Education (LFR 1) statistical return provided by local authorities to the Scottish Government.
Table 3 shows the average per-pupil spending on additional support for learning by local authority. This data shows gross revenue expenditure on additional support for learning in primary, secondary and special education from the local financial returns, divided by the number of pupils identified as having additional support needs recorded in the 2016 Pupil Census
Table 3 - Additional support for learning spending per pupil recorded as having an additional support need (£s) | |
All Local Authorities | 3,548 |
Aberdeen City | 4,408 |
Aberdeenshire | 2,460 |
Angus | 4,516 |
Argyll & Bute | 3,752 |
Clackmannanshire | 3,796 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 3,115 |
Dundee City | 3,665 |
East Ayrshire | 2,974 |
East Dunbartonshire | 4,029 |
East Lothian | 4,344 |
East Renfrewshire | 3,316 |
Edinburgh, City of | 2,376 |
Eilean Siar | 3,942 |
Falkirk | 4,776 |
Fife | 3,075 |
Glasgow City | 4,114 |
Highland | 3,446 |
Inverclyde | 3,328 |
Midlothian | 4,621 |
Moray | 3,841 |
North Ayrshire | 2,863 |
North Lanarkshire | 4,801 |
Orkney Islands | 5,111 |
Perth & Kinross | 2,417 |
Renfrewshire | 5,785 |
Scottish Borders | 2,842 |
Shetland Islands | 6,826 |
South Ayrshire | 9,086 |
South Lanarkshire | 3,590 |
Stirling | 1,761 |
West Dunbartonshire | 3,606 |
West Lothian | 2,871 |
Sources:
1. Local Financial Returns – Education (LFR 1) statistical return provided by local authorities to the Scottish Government.
2. Pupil Census – published annually - for further details go to; http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/dspupcensus