Mr. Jim Callaghanasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the average cost per place of providing education in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in the metropolitan districts of Bury and Rochdale, and England and Wales, respectively.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonEducation Statistics, published jointly by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy and the Society of County Treasurers, copies of which are in the Library, give the following costs per pupil.
1976–77 November 1975 pay and price levels Primary £ Bury Metropolitan District … 254 Rochdale Metropolitan District … 258 England and Wales— Metropolitan Districts … 264 All authorities … 273
1976–77 November 1975 pay and price levels Secondary Bury Metropolitan District … 377 Rochdale Metropolitan District … 407 England and Wales— Metropolitan Districts … 403 All authorities … 419