§ Mr. Radiceasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what has been the total level of local authority expenditure on education in each year since 1978–79 in 1986–87 prices.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerThe table shows actual outturn expenditure (both current and capital) by local education authorities in England from 1978–79 to 1984–85, provisional outturn for 1985–86, and estimated outturn for 1986–87. The figures have been revalued to 1986–87 prices using the GDP (market prices) deflator.
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Financial Years £ million at 1986–87 prices 1978–79 12,872 1979–80 12,563 1980–81 12,885 1981–82 12,791 1982–83 12,706 1983–84 12,820 1984–85 12,766 1985–86 12,472 1986–87 13,479