Whether it will detail the costs incurred by each local authority in each of the last three years in running (a) school buses and (b) mobil…

Answered Asked by Kenny MacAskill SNP Lodged 24 Feb 2000

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail the costs incurred by each local authority in each of the last three years in running (a) school buses and (b) mobile libraries.

The answer

Answered by Sam Galbraith on 12 Apr 2000 · 48 days after it was lodged, 34 days after it was due

School buses are, for the most part, run by independent operators under contract to local authorities. Information on the cost of running school buses is not identified separately, but total home to school transport expenditure in financial year 1997-98 is shown in the following table. Such expenditure information for the two following years is not yet available. Information on the cost of running mobile libraries is not collected centrally.Current expenditure by education authorities on home to school transport(£000 at outturn prices)1997-98 |
Councils |
Aberdeen City | 2,054
Aberdeenshire | 7,681
Angus | 1,195
Argyll & Bute | 3,353
Clackmannanshire | 569
Dumfries & Galloway | 2,067
Dundee City | 576
East Ayrshire | 2,407
East Dunbartonshire | 1,416
East Lothian | 1,222
East Renfrewshire | 1,445
Edinburgh, City of | 3,338
Eilean Siar | 1,548
Falkirk | 1,657
Fife | 5,187
Glasgow City | 4,423
Highland |

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