School vandals rack up £50k repairs bill
Edinburgh City Council paid out more than £47,000 in 2011 but ranked 24th out of 32 local authorities, with repairs costing 83p per head of school-age population.
The total bill for Glasgow ran to ten times that of Capital, costing the council almost £500,000 – £6 per head of school population.
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Hide AdConservative education spokeswoman Liz Smith said: “It is very worrying that such a considerable sum of money is being spent on repairing the results of mindless acts of criminal damage.
“Such acts are not only totally irresponsible, but they also cause a great deal of distress to local communities.”