§ 52. Mr. Cormackasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the average cost of education per child in (a) a primary school and (b) a secondary school.
§ Miss Joan LestorIn the financial year 1973–74, the latest year for which information is available, the average recurrent cost per pupil in primary and secondary schools was £140 and £235, respectively.
450Wcater for about 160 children; 32 others attend boarding special schools outside the county. Only one child is awaiting placement. A work orientation unit at a college of further education includes provision for hearing impaired school leavers, and one at a second college is due to open in September 1975. There is no school for the blind in Nottinghamshire. Of the 20 blind children, 18 attend special schools in other authorities' areas, one attends an ordinary primary school and one multi-handicapped child is educated at home.