Question reference: S5W-21804
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 25 February 2019
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 March 2019
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-15037 by John Swinney on 15 March 2018, whether it will provide the information for 2017-18.
Answer
Data detailing spending on additional support for learning is collected
from local authorities via the Local Financial Returns (LFR).
Data from 2017-18 is provided in the following tables.
As highlighted in the answer to questions S5W-08627 on 24 April 2017
and S5W-08983 on 8 May 2017, 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.
We recognise the challenge facing authorities and that decisions about
prioritisation and budgets, including those for the provision of services for
pupils with additional support needs, are a matter for individual councils,
balancing their need to meet a wide range of statutory duties, local priorities
and local circumstances.
Table 1 shows gross revenue expenditure on additional support for learning
education from 2017-18 split by Pre Primary, Primary, Secondary and Special Education.
Table 1
Additional Support for Learning Expenditure 2017-18 (£000s) | |||||
Pre-Primary Education | Primary Education | Secondary Education | Special Education | Total | |
Scotland | 6,504 | 70,094 | 48,867 | 502,475 | 627,940 |
Aberdeen City | - | 7,814 | 3,175 | 11,640 | 22,629 |
Aberdeenshire | - | - | - | 33,317 | 33,317 |
Angus | - | - | - | 9,083 | 9,083 |
Argyll & Bute | 502 | 2,976 | 3,393 | 2,338 | 9,209 |
Clackmannanshire | - | - | - | 8,932 | 8,932 |
Dumfries & Galloway | - | 7,040 | 2,279 | 8,811 | 18,130 |
Dundee City | 375 | 3,419 | 1,618 | 7,017 | 12,429 |
East Ayrshire | - | - | - | 12,201 | 12,201 |
East Dunbartonshire | 112 | 1,608 | 1,494 | 10,372 | 13,586 |
East Lothian | - | 2,786 | 1,990 | 8,763 | 13,539 |
East Renfrewshire | 543 | 1,977 | 1,394 | 7,327 | 11,241 |
Edinburgh, City of | - | 3 | 1 | 34,554 | 34,558 |
Eilean Siar | - | - | - | 4,786 | 4,786 |
Falkirk | - | - | - | 19,032 | 19,032 |
Fife | - | - | - | 33,715 | 33,715 |
Glasgow City | 2,744 | 14,100 | 11,303 | 62,268 | 90,415 |
Highland | - | - | - | 39,729 | 39,729 |
Inverclyde | 165 | - | - | 9,034 | 9,199 |
Midlothian | 57 | 3,071 | 2,000 | 10,540 | 15,668 |
Moray | - | - | - | 12,400 | 12,400 |
North Ayrshire | - | - | - | 13,389 | 13,389 |
North Lanarkshire | 495 | 7,767 | 3,649 | 28,318 | 40,229 |
Orkney Islands | 35 | 1,230 | 928 | 1,572 | 3,765 |
Perth & Kinross | 236 | 1,924 | 1,150 | 11,766 | 15,076 |
Renfrewshire | 433 | 3,091 | 2,303 | 16,052 | 21,879 |
Scottish Borders | - | - | - | 10,496 | 10,496 |
Shetland Islands | - | - | - | 5,719 | 5,719 |
South Ayrshire | - | - | - | 15,726 | 15,726 |
South Lanarkshire | 429 | 7,787 | 8,126 | 17,705 | 34,047 |
Stirling | - | 734 | 1,486 | 5,495 | 7,715 |
West Dunbartonshire | 378 | 2,767 | 2,578 | 11,381 | 17,104 |
West Lothian | - | - | - | 18,997 | 18,997 |
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
2017-18.
Table 2
Percentage of total education spending on additional support for Learning 2017-18 | |
All Local Authorities | 12% |
Aberdeen City | 12% |
Aberdeenshire | 12% |
Angus | 8% |
Argyll & Bute | 9% |
Clackmannanshire | 16% |
Dumfries & Galloway | 12% |
Dundee City | 9% |
East Ayrshire | 10% |
East Dunbartonshire | 11% |
East Lothian | 14% |
East Renfrewshire | 10% |
Edinburgh, City of | 10% |
Eilean Siar | 11% |
Falkirk | 12% |
Fife | 10% |
Glasgow City | 17% |
Highland | 15% |
Inverclyde | 11% |
Midlothian | 16% |
Moray | 14% |
North Ayrshire | 9% |
North Lanarkshire | 11% |
Orkney Islands | 12% |
Perth & Kinross | 10% |
Renfrewshire | 14% |
Scottish Borders | 9% |
Shetland Islands | 12% |
South Ayrshire | 14% |
South Lanarkshire | 11% |
Stirling | 7% |
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 2017
Pupil Census
Table 3
Additional support for learning spending per pupil recorded as having additional support need (£s) | |
Aberdeen City | 3,268 |
Aberdeenshire | 2,326 |
Angus | 4,431 |
Argyll & Bute | 3,710 |
Clackmannanshire | 4,614 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 3,024 |
Dundee City | 3,267 |
East Ayrshire | 2,934 |
East Dunbartonshire | 3,998 |
East Lothian | 4,171 |
East Renfrewshire | 2,940 |
Edinburgh City | 2,697 |
Na h-Eileanan Siar | 4,571 |
Falkirk | 3,474 |
Fife | 3,078 |
Glasgow City | 4,157 |
Highland | 3,312 |
Inverclyde | 3,414 |
Midlothian | 4,854 |
Moray | 3,138 |
North Ayrshire | 2,691 |
North Lanarkshire | 4,879 |
Orkney Islands | 4,440 |
Perth & Kinross | 2,440 |
Renfrewshire | 5,221 |
Scottish Borders | 2,391 |
Shetland Islands | 6,052 |
South Ayrshire | 5,024 |
South Lanarkshire | 3,191 |
Stirling | 2,291 |
West Dunbartonshire | 3,620 |
West Lothian | 2,650 |
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