FOI/202100227668 · FOI · unclear
Funding provided to each council authority for music tuition: FOI release
Information requested
In relation to the recent announcement that parents will no longer have to pay fees for children learning a musical instrument at school: 1. How much is each council getting in terms of funding for music tuition in the 2021-22 academic year? 2. How was it decided how much each council will receive?
Response
The Scottish Government will provide funding in the 2021-22 academic year that replaces the portion of funding previously raised in revenue from charging. The funding allocation will be distributed in two ways. Firstly, every local authority will receive a share of £5m next academic year. The £5m quantum was reached based on data presented in the Improvement Service’s annual survey on instrumental music tuition and reflects the amount raised in fees by local authorities across Scotland. This £5m will be distributed to all local authorities based on the number of pupils 5-18 on the school roll in each area, regardless of current charging arrangements. Details of this distribution are detailed below:
2021/22 Allocation 2022/23 Allocation £000s £000s Aberdeen City 112 56 Aberdeenshire 172 86 Angus 72 36 Argyll & Bute 48 24 City of Edinburgh 247 123 Clackmannanshire 32 16 Dumfries & Galloway 89 44 Dundee City 87 44 East Ayrshire 77 39 East Dunbartonshire 82 41 East Lothian 71 35 East Renfrewshire 83 41 Falkirk 104 52 Fife 239 119 Glasgow City 334 167 Highland 146 73 Inverclyde 47 23 Midlothian 64 32 Moray 57 29 Na h-Eileanan Siar 16 8 North Ayrshire 86 43 North Lanarkshire 234 117 Orkney Islands 13 7 Perth & Kinross 86 43 Renfrewshire 113 57 Scottish Borders 69 35 Shetland Islands 16 8 South Ayrshire 68 34 South Lanarkshire 214 107 Stirling 60 30 West Dunbartonshire 59 30 West Lothian 130 65 All Grant Aided Schools 6 3
It is acknowledged that this approach would leave the authorities who were expecting to charge fees in the next academic year with an in-year budget deficit. The Scottish Government is therefore allocating additional funding to ‘top up’ charging authorities to the level they budgeted for instrumental music tuition fee income at the start of the current financial year (2021/22). COSLA and Scottish Government are currently gathering this information from local authorities. This top-up fund does not apply to those local authorities who did not budget for income from IMT fees during 2021/22. About FOI The Scottish Government is committed to publishing all information released in response to Freedom of Information requests. View all FOI responses at http://www.gov.scot/foi-responses.
Contact Please quote the FOI reference Central Enquiry Unit Email: ceu@gov.scot Phone: 0300 244 4000 The Scottish Government St Andrews House Regent Road Edinburgh EH1 3DG
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