HC Deb 14 March 1989 vol 149 cc166-7W
Mr. Oppenheim

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) how much money each education authority spent during the latest year for which figures are available;

(2) how much money each education authority spent per pupil for the latest year for which figures are available.

Mr. Butcher

The latest available information is for 1986–87 and is given in the table. The data for 1987–88 has been received from most authorities and is in the process of being analysed.

Local education authority Primary expenditure Secondary expenditure Primary cost per pupil Secondary cost per pupil
(£000) (£000) (£) (£)
Bury 11,242 16,852 795 1,340
Manchester 39,971 48,448 1,020 1,660
Oldham 18,396 20,869 870 1,255
Rochdale 15,439 24,643 850 1,460
Salford 17,080 23,034 840 1,385
Stockport 18,581 26,133 805 1,270
Tameside 17,542 21,190 910 1,325
Trafford 13,523 17,584 855 1,315
Wigan 23,111 37,513 860 1,460
Barnsley 16,827 23,015 925 1,325
Doncaster 24,698 30,734 980 1,325
Rotherham 19,806 25,649 890 1,230
Sheffield 42,999 49,878 1,060 1,490
Bradford 33,447 55,704 945 1,235
Calderdale 15,636 19,239 895 1,330
Kirklees 28,315 37,932 875 1,250
Leeds 43,042 72,881 905 1,230
Wakefield 23,300 31,551 955 1,290
Gateshead 16,580 18,724 980 1,360
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne 20,381 28,254 1,020 1,530
North Tyneside 14,348 22,966 995 1,455
South Tyneside 12,650 15,469 965 1,430
Sunderland 23,535 29,347 855 1,305
Isles of Scilly 198 280 1,330 2,205
Avon 61,396 78,703 850 1,310
Bedfordshire 32,068 57,332 875 1,250
Berkshire 47,560 63,167 845 1,280
Buckinghamshire 48,713 48,573 845 1,320
Cambridgeshire 42,736 51,556 815 1,205
Cheshire 64,458 88,656 810 1,235
Cleveland 47,632 60,934 890 1,355
Cornwall 27,981 37,487 795 1,175
Cumbria 35,560 46,706 915 1,315
Derbyshire 65,292 86,618 875 1,305
Devon 55,428 75,465 800 1,225
Dorset 32,151 50,312 870 1,190
Durham 46,919 52,441 920 1,225
East Sussex 34,858 46,952 825 1,235
Essex 97,210 137,617 820 1,255
Gloucestershire 32,901 44,985 835 1,260
Hampshire 98,524 115,162 825 1,220
Hereford and Worcester 36,013 62,091 815 1,180
Hertfordshire 66,576 97,646 870 1,350
Humberside 60,831 92,339 915 1,270
Isle of Wight 4,952 12,168 785 1,150
Kent 84,843 127,039 760 1,145
Lancashire 89,592 120,712 780 1,255
Leicestershire 63,054 91,834 885 1,390
Lincolnshire 35,044 47,236 795 1,185
Norfolk 49,465 55,767 850 1,230
North Yorkshire 42,998 60,308 850 1,240
Northamptonshire 37,617 58,560 815 1,250
Northumberland 16,132 35,690 840 1,230
Nottinghamshire 72,276 100,530 935 1,365
Oxfordshire 32,845 50,752 905 1,350
Shropshire 26,541 39,976 850 1,285
Somerset 25,232 36,771 780 1,195
Staffordshire 69,558 102,039 880 1,255
Suffolk 33,558 58,509 830 1,165
Surrey 59,913 63,151 820 1,260
Warwickshire 36,196 36,347 845 1,220
West Sussex 37,688 52,407 785 1,220
Wiltshire 35,330 46,162 850 1,230

Notes:—These figures are based on LEA expenditure returns to DOE and pupil number returns to DES.

Mr. Oppenheim

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much the capital allocation was for each education authority for the latest year for which figures are available.

Mr. Butcher

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given by my right hon. Friend to my hon. Friend the Member for Hyndburn (Mr. Hargreaves) on 21 December 1988 at columns287–90.