FOI Request - Spending in Schools
Request 101003826006
Please provide the following information for each financial year from 2021–22 to 2025–26 (to date) and please breakdown the information by each year:
1. Supply Teachers
The spend on supply teachers.
2. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Staff and Training
a) The spend on dedicated EDI-related roles within education services.
b) The spend on EDI training for education staff.
c) Any payments made to external consultants or organisations for EDI purposes (e.g. Stonewall, LGBT Youth Scotland).
3. School Vandalism
The total cost of repairs due to vandalism in all schools within your local authority area for years
a) 2024-25
b) 2025-26.
4. Free Laptops and Bikes for Pupils (as pledged by the Scottish Government)
a) The cost of providing free laptops or digital devices to pupils.
b) The cost of providing free bikes to pupils.
c) If available, please indicate how many laptops and bikes were distributed in each year.
5. Overseas Pupil Trips
The cost incurred by the local authority or local authority schools on pupil trips abroad.
6. School Violence and Security
a) The cost of employing “campus police officers” or equivalent roles in schools.
b) Any other spending related to school-based violence prevention or behaviour management programmes.
7. External Consultants in Education
a) Spending by education services on external consultants or advisory services.
b) Please include the project name or purpose, if available.
8. Uneaten or Wasted School Meals
a) If recorded, the cost or estimated value of uneaten or wasted school meals.
b) Any financial write-offs associated with food waste in school catering services.
Response 14-08-2025
1.
| Financial Year | Cost in £ |
| 2020-21 | 2,776,263 |
| 2021-22 | 2,366,342 |
| 2022-23 | 2,749,410 |
| 2023-24 | 3,099,358 |
| 2024-25 | 3,794,847 |
| 2025-26 (to date) | 993,282 |
2. Nil
3. School Vandalism
| Financial Year | Cost in £ |
| 2024-25 | 12,649 |
| 2025-26 (to date) | 880 |
4. a) No funding has been issued by Scottish Government to purchase devices as part of 2021 pledge to provide digital devices to Scottish learners. As part of Covid response measures Scottish Government provided funding for devices (laptops) to enable home learning that were allocated to learners with inadequate access to technology in the home.
b) No funding has been provided
c) N/A
5. Nil
6. Nil
7.
| Year | Cost in £ | Purpose |
| 2023-24 | 20 | Early Learning and Childcare review |
8. a) This information is not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.
b) N/A