Written Question · S3W-33405 · Session 3
How much is spent on (a) school and (b) public libraries, broken down by local authority area.
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much is spent on (a) school and (b) public libraries, broken down by local authority area.
The answer
Local authority expenditure details collected by the Scottish Government provides details of expenditure on public libraries. However, expenditure on school libraries is not separately identified.
The following table provides details of local authority 2008-09 net revenue and gross capital expenditure on library services, which covers: permanent libraries; mobile lending libraries and service to housebound library users; hire of rooms for local clubs and meetings and provision of reference material and, acting in the capacity as an information service, archives and records not kept under the Local Government and Planning Act 1982.
Library Services
| 2008-09
Net Revenue Expenditure
(£000)
| Gross Capital Expenditure
(£000)
Scotland
| 119,022
| 6,822
Aberdeen City
| 4,254
| 52
Aberdeenshire
| 4,448
| 204
Angus
| 2,185
| 19
Argyll and Bute
| 1,389
| 1
Clackmannanshire
| 1,042
| 0
Dumfries and Galloway
| 2,897
| 0
Dundee City
| 5,269
| 206
East Ayrshire
| 2,676
| 169
East Dunbartonshire
| 3,084
| 22
East Lothian
| 2,064
| 690
East Renfrewshire
| 2,402
| 62
Edinburgh, City of
| 11,509
| 890
The following table provides details of local authority 2008-09 net revenue and gross capital expenditure on library services, which covers: permanent libraries; mobile lending libraries and service to housebound library users; hire of rooms for local clubs and meetings and provision of reference material and, acting in the capacity as an information service, archives and records not kept under the Local Government and Planning Act 1982.
Library Services
| 2008-09
Net Revenue Expenditure
(£000)
| Gross Capital Expenditure
(£000)
Scotland
| 119,022
| 6,822
Aberdeen City
| 4,254
| 52
Aberdeenshire
| 4,448
| 204
Angus
| 2,185
| 19
Argyll and Bute
| 1,389
| 1
Clackmannanshire
| 1,042
| 0
Dumfries and Galloway
| 2,897
| 0
Dundee City
| 5,269
| 206
East Ayrshire
| 2,676
| 169
East Dunbartonshire
| 3,084
| 22
East Lothian
| 2,064
| 690
East Renfrewshire
| 2,402
| 62
Edinburgh, City of
| 11,509
| 890
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-33405 by reference.