HC Deb 13 February 1990 vol 167 cc142-4W
Ms. Ruddock

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will update to the latest date available the answer given to the hon. Member for Barking (Ms. Richardson), 4 May 1989,Official Report, column 173–74, on expenditure on books and equipment.

Mr. Alan Howarth

The information previously supplied has been updated to take account of latest data on actual local authority spending in 1987–88 as recorded in returns to the Department of the Environment: pupil numbers as recorded in returns to the Department of Education and Science; and price movements as recorded by the GDP deflator. Comparable data on spending in 1988–89 are not yet available. The table has been expanded to show two indices. The first shows the change in real-terms spending for each year compared with the base year 1978–79; the second, also shown in the previous table, shows the change in real-terms spending for each year compared with the previous year.

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
£ £ £ £
1987–882 30.64 30.64 116 104 62.19 62.19 124 103
Books
1978–79 4.25 8.71 100 100 7.16 14.69 100 100
1979–80 4.69 8.23 94 94 7.82 13.73 93 93
1980–81 5.32 7.90 91 96 8.08 11.99 82 87
1981–82 591 7.99 92 101 8.60 11.62 79 97
1982–83 7.00 8.82 101 110 9.89 12.46 85 107
1983–84 7.14 8.60 99 98 10.09 12.15 83 98
1984–85 7.29 8.36 96 97 10.15 11.64 79 96
1985–86 7.49 8.15 94 97 10.66 11.61 79 100
1986–87 8.25 8.69 100 107 13.13 13.83 94 119
1987–882 9.01 9.01 103 104 14.82 14.82 101 107
Equipment
1978–79 8.60 17.64 100 100 17.24 35.35 100 100
1979–80 9.65 16.94 96 96 18.79 32.98 93 93
1980–81 10.73 15.91 90 94 21.17 31.41 89 95
1981–82 12.25 16.55 94 104 23.58 31.86 90 101
1982–83 13.91 17.52 99 106 26.65 33.58 95 105
1983–84 15.65 18.85 107 108 29.12 35.06 99 104
1984–85 16.26 18.65 106 99 32.38 37.14 105 106
1985–86 17.42 18.96 107 102 34.17 37.19 105 100
1986–87 19.79 20.84 118 110 44.02 46.36 131 125
1987–882 21.63 21.63 123 104 47.37 47.37 134 102
1The cash figures for earlier years have been repriced to 1987–88 prices using the Gross Domestic Product (Market Prices) Deflator.
2The figures for 1987–88 include spending in nursry schools. This reflects a change in the classification of the local authority spending returns to the DOE whereby spending on nursery provision was incorporated into the primary sector, rather than being shown separately.
Expenditure per pupil—England
Special
Cash 1Real Terms Index 1978–79 = 100 Index Year on Year Increase
£ £
Books and Equipment
1978–79 37.16 76.19 100 100
1979–80 41.78 73.35 96 96
1980–81 46.73 69.32 91 95
1981–82 51.09 69.03 91 100
1982–83 61.00 76.87 101 111
1983–84 68.24 82.16 108 107
1984–85 70.45 80.81 106 98
1985–86 88.84 96.71 127 120
1986–87 87.58 92.22 121 95
1987–882 98.95 98.95 130 107
Books
1978–79 5.93 12.16 100 100
1979–80 6.73 11.82 97 97
1980–81 6.90 10.24 84 87
1981–82 7.09 9.58 79 94
1982–83 8.65 10.90 90 114
1983–84 8.68 10.45 86 96
1984–85 9.12 10.46 86 100
1985–86 11.46 12.47 103 119
1986–87 10.65 11.21 92 90
1987–882 12.35 12.35 102 110
Equipment
1978–79 31.23 64.03 100 100
1979–80 35.05 61.53 96 96
1980–81 39.83 59.09 92 96
1981–82 44.00 59.45 93 101
1982–83 52.35 65.97 103 111
1983–84 59.56 71.71 112 109
1984–85 61.33 70.35 110 98
1985–86 77.38 84.23 132 120
1986–87 76.94 81.02 127 96
1987–882 86.60 86.60 135 107

1The cash figures for earlier years have been repriced to 1987–88 prices using the Gross Domestic Product (Market Prices) Deflator.

2 The figures for 1987–88 include spending in nursery schools. This reflects a change in the classification of the local authority spending returns to the DOE whereby spending on nursery provision was incorporated into the primary sector, rather than being shown separately.

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