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 2.2: Total gross revenue expenditure per pupil in primary schools, 2003-04 to 2008-09

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

Aberdeen City

3,609

3,976

4,549

4,999

5,294

4,808

Aberdeenshire

3,430

3,613

3,913

4,314

4,683

4,989

Angus

3,201

3,593

3,760

3,935

4,313

4,512

Argyll & Bute

4,211

4,696

4,970

5,289

5,598

5,879

Clackmannanshire

3,211

3,478

3,724

4,141

4,271

4,520

Dumfries & Galloway

3,025

3,306

3,595

4,697

5,194

5,332

Dundee City

3,359

3,768

4,036

4,194

4,395

4,823

East Ayrshire (1)

3,189

3,507

3,754

4,094

4,678

4,956

East Dunbartonshire

3,402

3,782

4,054

4,309

4,560

4,948

East Lothian

3,631

4,197

4,476

4,671

4,830

4,498

East Renfrewshire

3,547

3,794

4,114

4,405

4,656

4,800

Edinburgh, City of

3,823

4,183

4,338

4,515

4,574

4,789

Eilean Siar

6,513

7,375

7,869

8,205

8,143

8,839

Falkirk

3,100

3,437

3,886

4,386

4,575

4,614

Fife

3,464

4,215

4,532

4,523

4,990

5,389

Glasgow City

4,228

4,424

4,428

4,686

4,688

4,871

Highland

3,927

4,112

4,252

4,455

4,972

5,174

Inverclyde

3,168

3,679

4,179

4,421

4,715

4,714

Midlothian

3,409

3,780

4,121

4,301

4,697

5,657

Moray

3,165

3,474

3,698

3,979

4,371

4,616

North Ayrshire

3,644

3,975

4,287

4,637

4,837

4,845

North Lanarkshire

3,586

3,775

4,042

4,460

4,888

5,181

Orkney Islands

5,350

6,159

6,517

6,952

7,790

8,169

Perth & Kinross

3,769

4,047

4,482

4,431

4,539

4,736

Renfrewshire

3,487

3,859

4,132

4,189

4,307

4,359

Scottish Borders

3,524

3,635

4,244

4,274

4,452

4,572

Shetland Islands

5,870

6,241

6,390

6,695

7,125

7,523

South Ayrshire

3,639

4,016

4,507

4,791

4,925

4,935

South Lanarkshire

3,465

3,810

4,070

4,182

4,177

4,342

Stirling

3,260

3,420

3,587

3,782

3,959

4,435

West Dunbartonshire

3,695

4,118

4,539

4,990

5,182

5,237

West Lothian

3,353

3,680

3,914

4,148

4,365

4,261

All local authorities (1)(2)

3,541

3,855

4,138

4,403

4,651

4,833

(1) 2007-08 figures revised after updated data received from East Ayrshire.
(2) The all local authorities per pupil figures is based on total gross expenditure adjusted for inter-authority and inter-account transfers. Individual local authority figures use unadjusted gross expenditure figures and are therefore not strictly comparable.
Source: LFR01 form, Pupils in Scotland 2008 and previous.

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