Expenditure on School Education in Scotland, 2008-09

This document gives the figures for local authority spending on school education in the financial year 2008-09.


Table 1.1: Gross Revenue Education Expenditure (£000), 2003-04 to 2008-09 (1)

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08 (2)

2008-09 (3)

Pre-Primary

236,949

258,869

284,484

297,860

315,408

318,612

Primary Education

1,435,967

1,532,970

1,613,035

1,683,226

1,746,481

1,790,060

Secondary Education

1,609,631

1,723,232

1,819,388

1,911,982

1,960,281

2,022,262

Special Education

390,926

434,762

454,788

463,962

488,782

509,085

Other (4)

199,313

230,842

235,181

239,802

236,195

229,108

Total

3,872,786

4,180,675

4,406,876

4,596,832

4,747,147

4,869,127

(1) Gross revenue expenditure figures are adjusted for inter-authority & inter-account transfers.
(2) 2007-08 figures revised after updated data received from East Ayrshire.
(3) Includes grants to third parties funded by General Capital Grant.
(4) "Other" covers "non-school funding" i.e. community learning, strategic management of non-school services, support for students, home to college transport (16 to 18 years) and residual pension liabilities
Source: LFR01 form.

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