To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what is the cost in each education authority of providing a place for each child between five and 11 years; and what additional cost is deemed necessary for each child with special needs in (a) a special school and (b) an integrated unit of a school for children under 11 years;(2) what is the cost in each education authority of providing a place for each student between 11 and 18 years; and what additional cost is deemed necessary for each child with special needs in
(a) a special school and (b) an integrated unit in a secondary school.
The available information is given in the table which has been compiled from local authority financial returns. Information on the cost of special education is not recorded separately for primary and secondary age pupils. Expenditure on special units in primary and secondary schools is recorded under special schools, but is not separately identified.
| Net current expenditure per pupil in primary, secondary and special schools—1988–89 | |||
| Primary £ | Secondary £ | Special £ | |
| Region | |||
| Borders | 1,333 | 2,188 | 8,119 |
| Central | 1,224 | 2,114 | 11,289 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 1,204 | 2,273 | 17,922 |
| Fife | 1,302 | 2,251 | 3,909 |
| Grampian | 1,192 | 2,281 | 8,239 |
| Highland | 1,284 | 2,095 | 7,704 |
| Lothian | 1,175 | 2,282 | 9,953 |
| Strathclyde | 1,262 | 2,252 | 8,910 |
| Tayside | 1,215 | 2,331 | 9,385 |
| Orkney | 1,380 | 2,991 | 19,750 |
| Shetland | 1,655 | 3,544 | 63,778 |
| Western Isles | 1,580 | 2,814 | 8,786 |