§ Mr. SteinbergTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the number of physical education teachers for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Alan HowarthInformation is available only in respect of 1984 and 1988. In 1984 the number of full-time teachers in maintained secondary schools in England who were teaching physical education was 37,900, including 15,600 for whom physical education was their main teaching subject. The equivalent figures for 1988 were 30,300 and 13,300. Over the same period the number of pupils in maintained secondary schools in England fell by about 16 per cent. (from 3.65 million to 3.07 million).
Expenditure per pupil—England Primary Secondary Cash 1Real terms Index 1978–79 = 100 Index year on year increase Cash 1Real terms Index 1978–79 = 100 Index year on year increase £ £ £ £ Books and equipment 1978–79 12.85 26.34 100 100 24.40 50.04 100 100 1979–80 14.33 25.16 96 96 26.61 46.71 93 93 1980–81 16.05 23.81 90 95 29.26 43.40 87 93 1981–82 18.16 24.54 93 103 32.18 43.48 87 100 1982–83 20.90 26.34 100 107 36.53 46.04 92 106 1983–84 22.79 27.44 104 104 39.21 47.21 94 103 1984–85 23.54 27.01 103 98 42.53 48.78 97 103 1985–86 24.91 27.11 103 100 44.83 48.80 98 100 1986–87 28.04 29.53 112 109 57.15 60.18 120 123