Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 24 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much has beenspent (a) overall and (b) on average per pupil on additional support for learning education in each of the last five years, and what percentage of the overall education budget this represents, also broken down by local authority.
Data detailing spending on additional support for learning is collected from local authorities via the Local Financial Returns (LFR). There are four years of data available on spending for additional support for learning, from 2012-13 to 2015-16.
There are issues around the quality of the data on spending on additional support for learning at a local authority level. Work is on-going to improve the consistency of the data that is returned. However this means that making comparisons between local authorities and between years should be done with care.
Table 1 shows gross revenue expenditure on additional support for learning education from 2012-13 to 2015-16.
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Table 1 - Additional Support for Learning (£000s) |
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2012-13 |
2013-14 |
2014-15 |
2015-16 |
|
All Local Authorities |
503,338 |
555,823 |
578,607 |
583,596 |
|
Aberdeen City |
28,657 |
12,239 |
20,739 |
21,524 |
|
Aberdeenshire |
25,619 |
28,938 |
30,726 |
31,861 |
|
Angus |
2,890 |
2,858 |
2,658 |
906 |
|
Argyll & Bute |
8,797 |
8,963 |
9,035 |
8,873 |
|
Clackmannanshire |
5,714 |
6,332 |
7,030 |
6,742 |
|
Dumfries & Galloway |
15,186 |
14,408 |
14,477 |
14,563 |
|
Dundee City |
11,840 |
12,488 |
13,545 |
13,667 |
|
East Ayrshire |
11,000 |
11,282 |
11,051 |
10,162 |
|
East Dunbartonshire |
11,739 |
12,483 |
12,976 |
12,095 |
|
East Lothian |
12,553 |
12,918 |
12,792 |
12,517 |
|
East Renfrewshire |
11,202 |
11,657 |
11,804 |
11,784 |
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Edinburgh, City of |
27,853 |
36,405 |
39,161 |
39,101 |
|
Eilean Siar |
4,961 |
5,167 |
4,772 |
4,791 |
|
Falkirk |
19,019 |
18,327 |
18,822 |
18,965 |
|
Fife |
24,712 |
27,305 |
28,823 |
30,843 |
|
Glasgow City |
93,094 |
89,751 |
90,487 |
89,276 |
|
Highland |
29,270 |
36,947 |
36,464 |
39,529 |
|
Inverclyde |
8,724 |
9,057 |
8,573 |
8,644 |
|
Midlothian |
11,893 |
11,642 |
12,896 |
13,292 |
|
Moray |
10,639 |
10,567 |
10,859 |
11,398 |
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North Ayrshire |
- |
10,065 |
10,767 |
10,067 |
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North Lanarkshire |
38,706 |
39,570 |
40,514 |
39,589 |
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Orkney Islands |
1,351 |
3,046 |
3,469 |
3,727 |
|
Perth & Kinross |
1,244 |
14,366 |
14,737 |
14,518 |
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Renfrewshire |
20,320 |
21,367 |
21,988 |
22,847 |
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Scottish Borders |
914 |
3,435 |
3,887 |
3,625 |
|
Shetland Islands |
- |
5,075 |
4,938 |
5,032 |
|
South Ayrshire |
1,837 |
11,731 |
12,670 |
13,122 |
|
South Lanarkshire |
31,825 |
32,413 |
33,061 |
34,670 |
|
Stirling |
4,664 |
4,730 |
5,858 |
4,978 |
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West Dunbartonshire |
10,438 |
12,377 |
11,140 |
12,914 |
|
West Lothian |
16,677 |
17,914 |
17,888 |
17,974 |
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.
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Table 2 - Percentage of total education spending on additional support for learning |
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2012-13 |
2013-14 |
2014-15 |
2015-16 |
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All Local Authorities |
11% |
12% |
12% |
12% |
|
Aberdeen City |
18% |
7% |
12% |
12% |
|
Aberdeenshire |
11% |
12% |
12% |
12% |
|
Angus |
3% |
3% |
3% |
1% |
|
Argyll & Bute |
9% |
9% |
9% |
9% |
|
Clackmannanshire |
12% |
13% |
14% |
14% |
|
Dumfries & Galloway |
11% |
10% |
10% |
10% |
|
Dundee City |
9% |
9% |
10% |
10% |
|
East Ayrshire |
10% |
10% |
10% |
8% |
|
East Dunbartonshire |
11% |
11% |
12% |
11% |
|
East Lothian |
14% |
15% |
15% |
14% |
|
East Renfrewshire |
10% |
11% |
11% |
11% |
|
Edinburgh, City of |
9% |
11% |
12% |
12% |
|
Eilean Siar |
11% |
10% |
11% |
11% |
|
Falkirk |
14% |
13% |
13% |
12% |
|
Fife |
8% |
8% |
9% |
9% |
|
Glasgow City |
19% |
19% |
19% |
18% |
|
Highland |
12% |
14% |
15% |
16% |
|
Inverclyde |
12% |
12% |
11% |
11% |
|
Midlothian |
14% |
14% |
15% |
15% |
|
Moray |
13% |
13% |
13% |
14% |
|
North Ayrshire |
0% |
8% |
8% |
7% |
|
North Lanarkshire |
11% |
12% |
12% |
12% |
|
Orkney Islands |
5% |
11% |
11% |
12% |
|
Perth & Kinross |
1% |
11% |
11% |
10% |
|
Renfrewshire |
14% |
15% |
15% |
15% |
|
Scottish Borders |
1% |
3% |
4% |
3% |
|
Shetland Islands |
0% |
12% |
12% |
12% |
|
South Ayrshire |
2% |
12% |
12% |
13% |
|
South Lanarkshire |
11% |
11% |
12% |
12% |
|
Stirling |
5% |
5% |
6% |
5% |
|
West Dunbartonshire |
11% |
13% |
12% |
13% |
|
West Lothian |
10% |
10% |
10% |
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 in the pupil census during that year.
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Table 3 - Additional support for learning spending per pupil (£s) |
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2012-13 |
2013-14 |
2014-15 |
2015-16 |
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All local Authorities |
4,276 |
4,234 |
4,127 |
3,817 |
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Aberdeen City |
11,975 |
4,513 |
7,765 |
6,092 |
|
Aberdeenshire |
2,545 |
2,736 |
2,690 |
2,538 |
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Angus |
1,978 |
1,921 |
1,644 |
572 |
|
Argyll & Bute |
5,112 |
4,933 |
4,745 |
4,380 |
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Clackmannanshire |
4,750 |
3,955 |
4,326 |
4,008 |
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Dumfries & Galloway |
3,855 |
3,267 |
3,089 |
2,932 |
|
Dundee City |
5,161 |
5,208 |
5,446 |
4,528 |
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East Ayrshire |
3,717 |
3,607 |
3,436 |
2,815 |
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East Dunbartonshire |
5,501 |
4,243 |
4,123 |
3,582 |
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East Lothian |
4,726 |
4,375 |
4,344 |
4,279 |
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East Renfrewshire |
4,269 |
4,550 |
4,180 |
4,036 |
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Edinburgh, City of |
3,275 |
3,875 |
4,015 |
3,472 |
|
Eilean Siar |
4,873 |
5,349 |
4,519 |
4,336 |
|
Falkirk |
8,042 |
6,270 |
5,733 |
5,420 |
|
Fife |
3,743 |
3,962 |
4,097 |
3,697 |
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Glasgow City |
4,323 |
4,210 |
4,308 |
4,532 |
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Highland |
4,378 |
5,091 |
4,902 |
3,821 |
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Inverclyde |
4,404 |
4,168 |
3,592 |
3,360 |
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Midlothian |
8,288 |
6,331 |
5,767 |
4,860 |
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Moray |
6,146 |
4,432 |
3,953 |
3,565 |
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North Ayrshire |
- |
2,534 |
2,303 |
2,053 |
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North Lanarkshire |
11,216 |
10,989 |
10,801 |
10,074 |
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Orkney Islands |
2,681 |
5,279 |
5,595 |
5,309 |
|
Perth & Kinross |
271 |
2,819 |
2,648 |
2,485 |
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Renfrewshire |
11,134 |
6,595 |
6,623 |
6,834 |
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Scottish Borders |
520 |
1,363 |
1,073 |
876 |
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Shetland Islands |
- |
7,485 |
7,054 |
6,683 |
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South Ayrshire |
475 |
3,962 |
7,560 |
8,026 |
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South Lanarkshire |
9,629 |
5,158 |
4,026 |
3,799 |
|
Stirling |
2,854 |
1,679 |
1,948 |
1,607 |
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West Dunbartonshire |
2,342 |
2,708 |
2,436 |
2,946 |
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West Lothian |
5,665 |
5,555 |
3,575 |
2,962 |
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