asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing net recurrent cost per pupil in nursery schools, nursery classes and primary schools in Scotland and the proportion of that cost attributed to teachers' salaries.
The available information is shown in the table below which has been compiled from local authority financial returns for 1984–85. These returns do not differentiate between expenditure on nursery education in nursery schools and in nursery classes.
| Nursery schools and classes | Primary schools | |
| £ at outturn prices | ||
| 1. Net expenditure per full-time equivalent pupil | 1,193 | 918 |
| Per cent. | Per cent. | |
| 2. Teachers' salaries as a proportion of net expenditure | 26·6 | 49·7 |
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing average cost for the latest years for which figures are available of a pupil or student in nursery schools, nursery classes, primary schools, secondary schools, independent schools on assisted places scheme for assisted placements, special schools, non-advanced further education and advanced further education in Scotland.
The available information is given in the table:
| Net cost (£ at outturn prices) per full-time equivalent pupil/student | ||
| 1984–85 | 1985–86 | |
| Nursery schools and classes | 1,193 | n/a |
| Primary schools | 918 | n/a |
| Secondary schools | 1,468 | n/a |
| Independent schools (Assisted Places Scheme)1 | 1,456 | 1,610 |
| Special Schools | 5,694 | n/a |
1984–85
| 1985–86
| |
| Local authority vocational further education2 | 1,875 | n/a |
| Central Institutions2 | 2,664 | 2,633 |
| Colleges of Education2 | 3,711 | 3,859 |
1 This figure is the average cost to Central Government of an assisted placement under the Assisted Places Scheme. | ||
2 These figures exclude the cost of tuition fees paid by Government on behalf of individual students, n/a Figures not yet available. | ||