HC Deb 21 November 1990 vol 181 cc111-7W
Mr. Fatchett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will set out the level of expenditure on books at 1978–79 prices per child by local education authority in(a) 1978–79, (b) 1984–85 and (c) 1989–90.

Mr. Fallon

Information for 1978–79 is not available by individual local education authority, and the latest year for which figures are available is 1988–89. Cash figures for expenditure per pupil by local education authority for 1984–85 and 1988–89 are shown in tables 1 and 2. Table 3 shows the average expenditure per pupil in England at 1978–79 prices for 1978–79, 1984–85 and 1988–89.

While some local authorities' expenditure returns to Government Departments show separate figures for books, these can be misleading because of differing practices in attributing spending as between books and equipment. The tables therefore show combined spending figures for books and equipment, with figures as returned for books only in brackets. Even on the combined totals, coverage from authority to authority is likely to differ.

Nursery and primary schools Secondary schools
Local authority Books and equipment (of which books) Books and equipment (of which books)
Sheffield 36.01 (14.42) 36.55 (6.60)
Bradford 18.80 (0.80) 35.99 (1.34)
Calderdale 19.38 (6.30) 34.07 (8.05)
Kirklees 18.57 (7.54) 39.16 (14.03)
Leeds 8.56 (.16) 13.17 (.35)
Wakefield 21.72 (10.21) 30.10 (11.79)
Gateshead 26.14 (7.68) 46.72 (8.76)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 19.26 (4.92) 38.64 (10.42)
North Tyneside 27.99 (10.03) 50.30 (13.82)
South Tyneside 20.87 (8.07) 54.13 (11.75)
Sunderland 18.81 (5.19) 41.88 (6.92)
Isles of Scilly 27.90 (5.46) 41.29 (10.07)
Avon 24.19 (6.55) 40.67 (8.32)
Bedfordshire 26.00 (10.40) 55.45 (19.11)
Berkshire 23.30 (10.21) 43.67 (16.73)
Buckinghamshire 30.99 (13.60) 50.99 (12.19)
Cambridgeshire 25.34 (9.65) 43.14 (13.22)
Cheshire 22.09 (5.18) 44.89 (6.84)
Cleveland 19.99 (5.22) 38.09 (8.02)
Cornwall 29.97 (9.45) 41.51 (11.63)
Cumbria 21.26 (5.73) 32.88 (4.05)
Derbyshire 28.03 (8.36) 48.37 (11.75)
Devon 13.57 (8.47) 21.57 (9.40)
Dorset 28.63 (9.84) 38.97 (11.79)
Durham 17.22 (7.14) 28.37 (9.45)
East Sussex 21.83 (7.40) 42.78 (12.45)
Essex 21.12 (7.08) 38.21 (8.15)
Gloucestershire 20.62 (9.11) 35.71 (9.24)
Hampshire 19.54 (6.83) 40.92 (10.36)
Hereford and Worcester 22.93 (9.98) 43.50 (12.13)
Hertfordshire 23.31 (9.88) 42.15 (11.74)
Humberside 24.08 (6.71) 40.80 (9.43)
Isle of Wight 26.07 (11.04) 52.57 (12.36)
Kent 20.68 (7.03) 38.74 (9.60)
Lancashire 22.86 (8.04) 37.79 (8.14)
Leicestershire 22.52 (5.92) 41.53 (8.05)
Lincolnshire 18.02 (5.65) 43.05 (9.08)
Norfolk 22.78 (6.54) 40.36 (10.30)
North Yorkshire 24.60 (11.47) 39.45 (11.66)
Northamptonshire 22.39 (6.13) 44.72 (11.58)
Northumberland 26.00 (9.59) 43.31 (14.31)
Nottinghamshire 29.80 (9.44) 44.96 (12.13)
Oxfordshire 21.77 (2.65) 38.28 (3.70)
Salop 15.80 (6.65) 33.80 (9.33)
Somerset 27.22 (5.59) 46.49 (11.93)
Staffordshire 19.56 (4.90) 36.53 (8.63)
Suffolk 25.17 (7.04) 43.29 (11.00)
Surrey 15.11 (4.75) 34.37 (7.60)
Warwickshire 19.24 (7.27) 47.97 (11.63)
West Sussex 23.26 (8.24) 41.89 (10.57)
Wiltshire 23.05 (10.53) 37.34 (11.39)
Table 2
Expenditure per pupil 11988–89 England2
Cash (£)
Local authority Nursery and primary schools Secondary schools
Books and equipment (of which books) Books and equipment (of which books)
Barking 32.65 (11.50) 80.58 (22.72)
Barnet 35.17 (11.99) 68.96 (17.52)
Bexley 31.98 (7.38) 99.22 (1.92)
Brent 38.42 (9.46) 76.43 (15.27)
Bromley 33.80 (9.02) 67.33 (13.07)
Croydon 54.89 (11.10) 111.98 (22.49)
Ealing 33.86 (5.73) 91.61 (12.63)
Enfield 30.76 (9.16) 61.09 (15.95)
Haringey n/a n/a n/a n/a
Harrow 39.77 (6.98) 75.72 (10.85)
Havering 30.02 0.00 91.34 0.00
Hillingdon 40.45 (11.99) 80.08 (22.30)
Hounslow 33.40 (9.61) 49.65 (19.84)
Kingston-upon-Thames 55.50 (12.92) 106.58 (18.63)
Merton 31.28 (25.44) 36.02 (26.95)
Local authority Nursery and primary schools Secondary schools
Books and equipment (of which books) Books and equipment (of which books)
Newham 26.35 (6.44) 65.87 (11.34)
Redbridge 38.84 (11.30) 81.31 (23.65)
Richmond-upon-Thames 29.95 (8.25) 62.88 (13.76)
Sutton 34.64 (13.39) 71.17 (17.01)
Waltham Forest 28.21 (4.91) 75.37 (10.55)
ILEA 60.56 (12.08) 89.89 (19.28)
Birmingham 22.74 (4.70) 51.42 (9.50)
Coventry 26.08 (2.01) 92.00 (2.95)
Dudley 35.72 (6.79) 76.36 (2.44)
Sandwell 31.50 (3.06) 73.42 (1.02)
Solihull 34.88 (4.96) 122.79 (11.28)
Walsall 35.12 (9.10) 46.29 (14.38)
Wolverhampton 24.54 (7.23) 56.08 (13.99)
Knowsley 22.47 (8.88) 61.05 (7.01)
Liverpool 32.61 (7.76) 66.56 (12.13)
St. Helens 14.98 (6.33) 30.36 (10.39)
Sefton 21.41 (7.11) 60.55 (11.12)
Wirral 42.39 (11.92) 130.04 (23.45)
Bolton 33.23 (9.32) 71.24 (11.01)
Bury 30.75 (8.65) 93.06 (15.21)
Manchester n/a n/a n/a n/a
Oldham 30.45 (7.19) 75.02 (10.58)
Rochdale 35.27 (9.08) 59.17 (10.52)
Salford 32.70 (0.23) 73.65 (0.07)
Stockport 35.87 (10.15) 96.37 (12.13)
Tameside 27.91 (5.74) 43.96 (8.06)
Trafford 37.75 (12.54) 70.39 (11.37)
Wigan 17.87 (5.42) 60.39 (17.03)
Barnsley 22.89 (4.75) 43.23 (2.36)
Doncaster 27.08 (6.67) 55.45 (11.14)
Rotherham 28.87 (6.82) 57.92 (9.04)
Sheffield 12.11 (5.33) 23.46 (7.98)
Bradford 28.71 0.00 71.73 0.00
Calderdale 28.52 (8.99) 63.13 (13.77)
Kirklees 25.17 (7.90) 63.89 (20.93)
Leeds 15.30 (0.43) 28.26 (2.45)
Wakefield n/a n/a n/a n/a
Gateshead 29.26 (4.89) 75.22 (11.65)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 30.36 (7.00) 74.85 (17.41)
North Tyneside 25.56 (8.30) 48.48 (12.26)
South Tyneside 27.22 (4.81) 95.85 (9.24)
Sunderland 23.19 (6.15) 76.03 (9.12)
Avon 17.62 (6.01) 48.75 (11.37)
Bedfordshire 28.28 (9.53) 86.88 (23.60)
Berkshire 33.07 (13.88) 75.33 (23.85)
Buckinghamshire 32.59 (15.51) 72.90 (17.13)
Cambridgeshire 42.32 (11.98) 79.84 (21.62)
Cheshire 25.80 (8.86) 56.49 (18.39)
Cleveland 11.84 (7.27) 34.10 (11.16)
Cornwall 37.15 (12.32) 63.84 (21.77)
Cumbria 36.69 (13.11) 58.74 (15.67)
Derbyshire 29.35 (8.50) 74.40 (14.87)
Devon 37.40 (12.12) 65.14 (20.11)
Dorset 38.56 (11.63) 80.62 (13.72)
Durham 28.51 (9.47) 67.70 (16.44)
East Sussex 32.56 (11.04) 77.26 (17.78)
Essex 36.19 (9.69) 81.08 (14.11)
Gloucestershire 29.42 (11.93) 59.02 (19.40)
Hampshire 35.55 (2.28) 78.86 (4.72)
Hereford and Worcester 28.44 (11.13) 57.92 (14.98)
Hertfordshire 40.59 (14.97) 76.11 (20.18)
Humberside 32.68 (8.96) 60.98 (13.00)
Isle of Wight 32.74 (11.92) 54.37 (11.61)
Kent 29.02 (9.00) 71.61 (14.15)
Lancashire 30.13 (9.59) 65.70 (13.22)
Leicestershire 31.59 (11.26) 81.42 (16.36)
Lincolnshire 16.22 (10.94) 29.03 (17.69)
Norfolk 29.63 (8.27) 56.04 (12.29)
North Yorkshire 31.24 (5.95) 68.37 (7.48)
Northamptonshire 33.41 (7.81) 74.41 (18.34)
Northumberland 33.32 (11.07) 72.62 (16.92)
Nottinghamshire 35.60 (11.74) 66.56 (18.25)
Oxfordshire 43.28 (8.01) 103.89 (17.59)
Shropshire 30.94 (10.74) 64.32 (18.54)
Somerset 37.22 (6.64) 90.56 (14.45)
Staffordshire 36.68 (9.92) 77.80 (13.44)
Local authority Nursery and primary schools Secondary schools
Books and equipment (of which books) Books and equipment (of which books)
Suffolk 29.28 (8.97) 54.73 (14.02)
Surrey 21.48 (5.45) 94.51 (11.93)
Warwickshire 25.68 (8.82) 98.23 (16.12)
West Sussex 34.85 (10.22) 73.25 (16.21)
Wiltshire 40.32 (26.49) 71.08 (32.56)
1 The figures are based on local education authority expenditure and pupil number returns to the relevant Government Departments.
2 n/a denotes that an expenditure return has not been received from the local education authority, or that a separate figure for books has not been provided.
Table 3
E. Land Averages Expenditure per pupil
Cash Nursery and primary schools Secondary schools
Year Books and equipment £ (of which books) £ Books and equipment £ (of which books) £
1978–79 12.88 (4.24) 24.40 (7.17)
1984–85 23.60 (7.25) 42.53 (10.15)
1988–89 32.14 (8.95) 69.79 (14.25)
Real terms at 1978–79 prices Nursery and primary schools Secondary schools
Year Books and equipment £ (of which books) £ Books and equipment £ (of which books) £
1978–79 12.88 (4.24) 24.40 (7.17)
1984–85 13.24 (4.07) 23.86 (5.69)
1988–89 14.61 (4.07) 31.73 (6.51)