HC Deb 29 April 1991 vol 190 c73W
Ms. Richardson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish the results from the 1990 school meal census showing the numbers and proportions of children taking (i) paid school meals, (ii) free school meals and (iii) making their own arrangements in(a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools, (c) special schools and (d) in all three.

Expenditure per pupil1—England
Books Equipment Books and Equipment
Cash Real terms3 Cash Real terms3 Cash Real terms3
(£) (£) (£) (£) (£) (£)
Nursery and Primary
1975–76 2.92 9.19 6.70 21.11 9.62 30.31
1976–77 3.25 9.02 7.35 20.39 10.60 29.41
1977–78 3.63 8.85 7.84 19.14 11.47 28.00
1978–79 4.23 9.32 8.64 19.02 12.88 28.34
1979–80 4.67 8.81 9.69 18.28 14.36 27.08
1980–81 5.30 8.45 10.79 17.19 16.08 25.64
1981–82 5.88 8.55 12.31 17.90 18.19 26.45
1982–83 6.96 9.45 13.96 18.95 20.93 28.41
1983–84 7.10 9.22 15.74 20.42 22.84 29.63
1984–85 7.25 8.95 16.35 20.19 23.60 29.14
1985–86 7.46 8.73 17.50 20.49 24.95 29.22
1986–87 8.22 9.30 19.91 22.54 28.13 31.84
1987–88 9.01 9.68 21.63 23.24 30.64 32.92
1988–89 8.95 8.95 23.19 23.19 32.14 32.14
Secondary
1975–76 5.08 15.99 13.51 42.54 18.58 58.53
1976–77 5.71 15.84 14.46 40.13 20.17 55.97
1977–78 6.31 15.39 15.04 36.72 21.35 52.11
1978–79 7.16 15.77 17.24 37.94 24.40 53.71
1979–80 7.82 14.75 18.79 35.44 26.61 50.19
1980–81 8.08 12.83 21.17 33.76 29.26 46.64
1981–82 8.60 12.50 23.58 34.28 32.18 46.78
1982–83 9.89 13.42 26.65 36.17 36.53 49.59
1983–84 10.09 13.09 29.12 37.78 39.21 50.87
1984–85 10.15 12.53 32.38 39.98 42.53 52.51
1985–86 10.66 12.49 34.17 40.01 44.83 52.50
1986–87 13.13 14.86 44.02 49.82 57.15 64.69
1987–88 14.82 15.92 47.37 50.89 62.19 66.82
1988–89 14.32 14.32 55.46 55.46 69.79 69.79
1 The figures are based on local education authority returns to DOE and pupil number returns to DES.
2 The cash figures for earlier years have been repriced to 1988–89 prices using the Gross Domestic Product (Market Prices) deflator.
3 Figures for nursery schools and for primary schools are not collected separately.