§ Mr. Clayasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the latest figure for expenditure per pupil on books and on equipment in (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) special schools; and what are the comparable figures for each of the years since 1978–79, in cash terms and real terms using 1986–87 prices and using an index of 100 for 1978–79.
§ Mr. DunnThe information requested is as follows:
Books Equipment Cash terms (£) Real terms (£) Index Cash terms (£) Real terms (£) Index (a) Primary schools 1978–79 4.3 8.3 100 8.6 16.7 100 1979–80 4.7 7.8 94 9.7 16.1 96 1980–81 5.3 7.5 90 10.7 15.0 90 1981–82 5.9 7.5 91 12.3 15.6 94 1982–83 7.0 8.3 101 13.9 16.6 99 1983–84 7.1 8.1 99 15.7 17.8 107 1984–85 7.3 8.0 96 16.3 17.8 106 1985–86 7.5 7.7 93 17.4 17.9 107 (b) Secondary schools 1978–79 7.2 13.9 100 17.2 33.5 100 1979–80 7.8 13.0 93 18.8 31.3 93 1980–81 8.1 11.3 81 21.2 29.7 89 1981–82 8.6 11.0 79 23.6 30.1 90 1982–83 9.9 11.8 85 26.7 31.7 95 1983–84 10.1 11.5 83 29.1 33.2 99 1984–85 10.2 11.1 80 32.4 35.4 106 1985–86 10.7 11.0 79 34.2 35.2 105 (c) Special schools 1978–79 6.0 11.6 100 31.3 60.9 100 1979–80 6.7 11.2 97 35.1 58.3 96 1980–81 6.9 9.7 84 39.8 55.9 92 1981–82 7.1 9.0 78 44.0 56.1 92 1982–83 8.7 10.3 89 52.4 62.3 102 1983–84 8.7 9.9 86 59.6 67.9 111 1984–85 9.1 10.0 86 61.3 67.0 110 1985–86 11.5 11.8 102 77.4 79.7 131 Note:
The cash figures have been repriced to 1986–87 real terms using the gross domestic product (market prices) deflator.