§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Leeds, Central (Mr. Fatchett), 4 March, Official Report, column 112, which local education authorities did not raise their general education spending in real terms between 1982–83 and 1983–84; and if he will indicate the extent to which these local education authorities deviated from the average national rise in spending.
§ Mr. DunnLocal education authorities in England spent the same amount, in real terms, in 1982–83 as in 1983–84. The extent to which individual authorities spent less than the average is given in the following table.
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Authority Real terms reduction net expenditure between 1982–83 and 1983–84 Percentage Sutton -1 Richmond-upon-Thames -1 Tameside -1 Waltham Forest -1 Humberside -1 East Sussex -1 West Sussex -1 Northumberland -1 Barking -1 Kirklees -1 Cheshire -1 Hampshire -1 Suffolk -1 Trafford -1 Buckinghamshire -1 Calderdale -1
Authority Real terms reduction net expenditure between 1982–83 and 1983–84 Percentage Kent -1 Cornwall -1 Salop -1 Wolverhampton -1 Cleveland -1 Berkshire -1 Bromley -2 Durham -2 Hertfordshire -2 Barnet -2 Havering -2 North Tyneside -2 Croydon -2 Newcastle-upon-Tyne -2 Warwickshire -2 Avon -2 Solihull -2 Kingston-upon-Thames -2 Hereford and Worcester -2 Bexley -2 Walsall -3 Liverpool -3 Surrey -3 Manchester -3 Isles of Scilly -3 Redbridge -3 Merton -4 Bury -6 Note: Real terms are the cash figures for 1982–83 repriced to 1983–84 prices using the gross domestic product (market prices) deflator.