§ Mr. McENTEEasked the President of the Board of Education if he will furnish a statement giving, annually from 1928 to the latest available year, figures of gross expenditure per regular pupil in secondary schools maintained by local education authorities, showing the amount spent on salaries and other expenses, together with the sums received from fees, etc., and the net expenditure per pupil?
§ Sir D. MACLEANThe particulars of the expenditure per registered pupil in secondary schools maintained by local education authorities in England and Wales for the financial years 1928, 1929, and 1930, are as follow:
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— 1928. 1929. 1930. (Provisional). Gross Expenditure. £ s. £ s. £ s. Salaries 20 11 20 13 20 9 Other Expenses 7 8 7 12 8 9 27 19 28 5 28 18 Receipts. Fees, etc 7 4 7 4 6 18 Net Expenditure per registered pupil. 20 15 21 1 22 0 These particulars do not include provision for loan charges or administration, and, if provision for these items were included, it is estimated that a further £6 (approximately) should be added to the figures of expenditure given above.