§ Ms. RichardsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a table showing the latest figure for expenditure per pupil on(a) books and (b) equipment and comparable figures for each year
Expenditure per pupil1—England Primary Secondary Special Cash Real2 terms Index Cash Real2 terms Index Cash Real2 terms Index £ £ £ £ £ £ Books and equipment 1978–79 12.85 26.25 100 24.40 49.86 100 37.16 75.93 100 1979–80 14.33 25.11 96 26.61 46.60 93 41.78 73.19 96 1980–81 16.05 23.71 94 29.26 43.23 93 46.73 69.04 94 1981–82 18.16 24.45 103 32.18 43.32 100 51.09 68.78 100 1982–83 20.90 26.28 107 36.53 45.93 106 61.00 76.69 112 1983–84 22.79 27.39 104 39.21 47.12 103 68.24 81.99 107 1984–85 23.54 26.96 98 42.53 48.70 103 70.45 80.67 98 1985–86 24.91 27.04 100 44.83 48.67 100 88.84 96.44 120 1986–87 28.04 29.45 109 57.15 60.02 123 87.58 91.98 95 1987–88 30.67 30.67 104 62.27 62.27 104 98.73 98.73 107 Books 1978–79 4.25 8.68 100 7.16 14.64 100 5.93 12.12 100 1979–80 4.69 8.21 95 7.82 13.69 94 6.73 11.79 97 1980–81 5.32 7.86 96 8.08 11.94 87 6.90 10.20 87 1981–82 5.91 7.96 101 8.60 11.58 97 7.09 9.55 94 1982–83 7.00 8.80 111 9.89 12.43 107 8.65 10.87 114 1983–84 7.14 8.58 98 10.09 12.12 98 8.68 10.43 96 1984–85 7.29 8.34 97 10.15 11.62 96 9.12 10.44 100 1985–86 7.49 8.13 97 10.66 11.58 100 11.46 12.44 119 1986–87 8.25 8.66 107 13.13 13.79 119 10.65 11.18 90 1987–88 8.99 8.99 104 14.92 14.92 108 12.21 12.21 109 Equipment 1978–79 8.60 17.57 100 17.24 35.22 100 31.23 63.81 100 1979–80 9.65 16.90 96 18.79 32.91 93 35.05 61.40 96 1980–81 10.73 15.85 94 21.17 31.29 95 39.83 58.85 96 1981–82 12.25 16.49 104 23.58 31.74 101 44.00 59.23 101 1982–83 13.91 17.48 106 26.65 33.50 106 52.35 65.82 111 1983–84 15.65 18.81 108 29.12 34.99 104 59.56 71.56 109 1984–85 16.26 18.61 99 32.38 37.07 106 61.33 70.22 98 1985–86 17.42 18.91 102 34.17 37.09 100 77.38 84.00 120 1986–87 19.79 20.78 110 44.02 46.23 125 76.94 80.80 96 1987–88 21.68 21.68 104 47.35 47.35 102 86.52 86.52 107 1 The figures are based on local education authority returns to Department of the Environment and pupil number returns to Department of Education and Science. 2 The cash figures for earlier years have been repriced to 1987–88 prices using the gross domestic product (market prices) deflator.