Written Question · S2W-02429 · Session 2
What percentage of (a) its total budget and (b) its total budget for education has been allocated to (i) higher education, (ii) further edu…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of (a) its total budget and (b) its total budget for education has been allocated to (i) higher education, (ii) further education, (iii) vocational education, (iv) community education, (v) primary education and (vi) secondary education for each of the next three financial years.
The answer
Thefigures requested are not held centrally.
Primary, Secondary and CommunityEducation Budgets
Theseare funded mainly through local authorities and the vast majority of resources providedto local authorities for education are paid through revenue support grant, whichis largely unhypothecated. It is up to each authority how it allocates these resourcesto meet its local needs and priorities. Details of how much each authority has receivedin the five previous years can be found in the local government finance circulars9/1998, 4/1999, 4/2000, 3/2001, and 7/2002 (Bib. numbers 29138, 29139, 23428, 20316,and 26111 respectively). Finance circular 1/2003 (Bib. numbers 26534) contains authorities'allocations for the next three forward years.
Detailsof how much each authority has spent on education services can be found in the CIPFARating Review publications. The most recent year available is 2001-02 (Bib.numbers 17055) though prior years are also available. A copy of the local governmentfinance circulars and CIPFA publication can be obtained from the Parliament’s ReferenceCentre by quoting the relevant Bib. number.
Higher, Further and VocationalEducation Budgets
Budgetary provision which hasbeen provided to the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council and the ScottishFurther Education Council can be found in their annual reports. These are availableon their websites at the following links:
http://www.shefc.ac.uk
http://www.sfefc.ac.uk
Vocational education is not aspecific budget classification and therefore absolute figures do not exist. However,higher and further education budgets can be found in Scotland’s budgetdocuments. These documents can be found on the Scottish Executive’s website at www.scotland.gov.uk/publicationsand contain information up to and including the draft budget 2004-05, which alsoshows spending plans for the financial year 2005-06.
Primary, Secondary and CommunityEducation Budgets
Theseare funded mainly through local authorities and the vast majority of resources providedto local authorities for education are paid through revenue support grant, whichis largely unhypothecated. It is up to each authority how it allocates these resourcesto meet its local needs and priorities. Details of how much each authority has receivedin the five previous years can be found in the local government finance circulars9/1998, 4/1999, 4/2000, 3/2001, and 7/2002 (Bib. numbers 29138, 29139, 23428, 20316,and 26111 respectively). Finance circular 1/2003 (Bib. numbers 26534) contains authorities'allocations for the next three forward years.
Detailsof how much each authority has spent on education services can be found in the CIPFARating Review publications. The most recent year available is 2001-02 (Bib.numbers 17055) though prior years are also available. A copy of the local governmentfinance circulars and CIPFA publication can be obtained from the Parliament’s ReferenceCentre by quoting the relevant Bib. number.
Higher, Further and VocationalEducation Budgets
Budgetary provision which hasbeen provided to the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council and the ScottishFurther Education Council can be found in their annual reports. These are availableon their websites at the following links:
http://www.shefc.ac.uk
http://www.sfefc.ac.uk
Vocational education is not aspecific budget classification and therefore absolute figures do not exist. However,higher and further education budgets can be found in Scotland’s budgetdocuments. These documents can be found on the Scottish Executive’s website at www.scotland.gov.uk/publicationsand contain information up to and including the draft budget 2004-05, which alsoshows spending plans for the financial year 2005-06.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-02429 by reference.