Further to the answer to question S6W-01165 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 28 July 2021, whether it will provide the complete figures for (a…

Table 1 provides information on average gross revenue expenditure in Scotland per pre-school registration, and primary and secondary pupil along with information on allocations (accounting for teaching and tuition fees funding) per college and university place.
Table 1: Average expenditure per place for each education level in cash terms
Education level
2012-13 1
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16 2
2016-17 3
2017-18 4
2018-19 4,5
2019-20 4,6
2020-21
2021-22
2022-23 8
Pre-School
£3,194
£3,102
£3,411
£3,957
£4,344
£4,561
£5,190
£6,916
£9,366
£10,435
-
Primary School
£4,899
£4,880
£4,819
£4,877
£4,980
£5,169
£5,444
£5,791
£6,130
£6,550
-
Secondary School
£6,629
£6,714
£6,795
£6,920
£7,046
£7,127
£7,454
£7,789
£7,906
£8,174
-
College
£4,012
£4,043
£4,029
£4,024
£4,092
£4,196
£4,539
£4,665
£4,878
£4,952
£5,054
University
£7,139
£7,175
£7,240
£7,237
£7,005
£7,013
£7,182
£7,187
£7,316
£7,433
£7,558
Table 2 provides the same information in 2022-23 prices. Real terms conversions are based on HM Treasury’s GDP Deflator series, January 2023.
Table 2: Average expenditure per place for each education level in real terms (2022-23 prices)
Education level
2012-13 1
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16 2
2016-17 3
2017-18 4
2018-19 4,5
2019-20 4,6
2020-21
2021-22
2022-23 8
Pre-School
£3,983
£3,790
£4,121
£4,743
£5,103
£5,269
£5,891
£7,651
£9,750
£10,942
-
Primary School
£6,108
£5,961
£5,823
£5,846
£5,849
£5,972
£6,179
£6,406
£6,382
£6,869
-
Secondary School
£8,265
£8,201
£8,210
£8,295
£8,276
£8,234
£8,460
£8,617
£8,230
£8,572
-
College
£5,003
£4,939
£4,868
£4,824
£4,806
£4,848
£5,152
£5,161
£5,078
£5,193
£5,054
University
£8,902
£8,765
£8,747
£8,675
£8,228
£8,102
£8,152
£7,951
£7,616
£7,794
£7,558
Methodologies and key policy changes
The methodologies used to determine the average expenditure per place for each education level are provided in more detail below. This section will also explain the methodology and policy changes, and why some of the figures provided in this answer differ from those provided the last time this question (PQ S6W-01165) was answered in July 2021.
Pre-school: average gross revenue expenditure per child in pre-primary education is arrived at by taking the total gross revenue expenditure on pre-primary education, adjusted for inter-authority transfers, as reported by local authorities to the local financial return. These figures are then divided by the number of pupils in funded early learning and childcare as per the statistics reported in the early learning and childcare census.
The per child expenditure for early learning and childcare has risen over the period of these figures. This is due to the expansion in the number of funded hours of early learning and childcare which children are eligible for. The Children and Young People Act (Scotland) 2014 made 600 hours of funded ELC per year available for all 3 and 4 year olds, and extended the entitlement to eligible 2 year olds. This entitlement was expanded to 1140 hours per eligible child from August 2021. This recent expansion, from 600 hours to 1140, has contributed to the increasing expenditure per child from 2018-19 onwards.
Primary and Secondary school: average gross revenue expenditure per pupil in primary and secondary education respectively is arrived at by taking the total gross revenue expenditure adjusted for inter-authority transfers, reported by local authorities on primary and secondary education to the local financial return, divided by the number of pupils in primary and secondary education as per the statistics reported in the pupil census.
Figures for 2019-20 are slightly different from those in the response to PQ S6W-01165 because of subsequent revisions to 2019-20 local government financial return data. The earlier figures provided here for pre-primary, primary and secondary education expenditure have been calculated on