§ Ms. RichardsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland 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 since 1978–79 in (i) primary schools, (ii) secondary schools and (iii) special schools in cash and real terms using an index of 100 for 1978–79.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe information available is given in the following tables which have been compiled from local authority financial returns. Expenditure on equipment was not separately identified in these returns until 1982–83. There have been some variations from year to year in the recording of expenditure under these two headings. In particular some of the figures for expenditure on library books may include some expenditure on items of equipment.
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Table 3: Expenditure per pupil on text and library books at outturn prices expressed as an index with 1978–79 = 100 Year Primary Secondary Special 1978–79 100.0 100.0 100.0 1979–80 120.9 115.6 154.7 1980–81 128.6 111.8 167.8 1981–82 144.1 117.6 167.4 1982–83 154.8 120.7 187.6 1983–84 198.0 160.6 311.4 1984–85 210.4 166.4 294.5 1985–86 196.3 162.1 293.9 1986–87 240.7 200.6 305.6 1987–88 203.7 155.6 239.6
Table 4: Expenditure per pupil on text and library books adjusted to 1987–88 prices using the GDP deflator, expressed as an index with 1978–79=100 Year Primary Secondary Special 1978–79 100.0 100.0 100.0 1979–80 103. 99.1 132.7 1980–81 93.0 80.9 121.4 1981–82 94.8 77.4 110.3 1982–83 95.3 74.3 115.5 1983–84 116.4 94.5 183.2 1984–85 117.8 93.3 165.1 1985–86 104.2 86.1 156.2 1986–87 123.7 103.1 157.2 1987–88 99.7 76.1 117.3 Note:
Tables 3 and 4 do not include expenditure by authorities on educational tools, equipment and materials from 1982–83 as shown in tables 1 and 2.