§ Sir Anthony GrantTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the amount spent per child in each of the local education authorities in England in the last year and in 1979; and what proportion came from central Government and from local government.
§ Mr. FallonThe table shows school-based expenditure per pupil in each local education authority for 1979–80 and for 1988–89, the latest year for which information is available.
Spending on education is financed by a number of sources, including rates and the community charge, Government revenue support grant and specific grants, and fees and charges for services. Rates, community charge and revenue support grant are made available to fund all of the local authority's services, and are not hypothecated between individual services. It is not therefore possible to identify how much of the spending per pupil is financed centrally or locally.
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1979–80 1988–89 Nursery and Primary Schools £ Secondary Schools £ Nursery and Primary Schools £ Secondary Schools £ Walsall 420 600 1,200 1,885 Wolverhampton 470 635 1,190 1,745 Knowsley 415 640 1,165 1,990 Liverpool 475 675 1,150 1,905 St. Helens 385 605 1,050 1,710 Sefton 410 590 1,015 1,600 Wirral 400 580 1,070 1,755 Bolton 385 575 1,015 1,635 Bury 415 595 1,080 1,730 Manchester 520 775 n/a n/a Oldham 405 575 1,125 1,590 Rochdale 425 650 990 1,700 Salford 410 630 1,085 1,860 Stockport 380 560 1,035 1,730 Tameside 410 580 1,115 1,660 Trafford 400 550 1,050 1,710 Wigan 395 610 1,025 1,845 Barnsley 455 620 1,065 1,645 Doncaster 460 630 1,175 1,655 Rotherham 395 570 1,125 1,635 Sheffield 465 635 1,230 1,810 Bradford 460 540 1,160 1,605 Calderdale 415 575 1,145 1,665 Kirklees 395 545 1,110 1,620 Leeds 480 490 1,155 1,545 Wakefield 425 540 n/a n/a Gateshead 465 600 1,180 1,770 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 525 695 1,225 1,870 North Tyneside 465 610 1,145 1,780 South Tyneside 510 650 1,150 1,825 Sunderland 445 620 1,005 1,665 Avon 425 580 1,050 1,630 Bedfordshire 475 610 1,115 1,635 Berkshire 410 595 1,030 1,570 Buckinghamshire 415 630 1,065 1,715 Cambridgeshire 410 600 1,005 1,480 Cheshire 410 605 960 1,545 Cleveland 430 610 1,075 1,770 Cornwall 375 565 1,010 1,525 Cumbria 410 590 1,140 1,685 Derbyshire 395 565 1,080 1,755 Devon 390 545 975 1,535 Dorset 405 560 1,020 1,485 Durham 450 575 1,130 1,575 East Sussex 415 605 1,025 1,565 Essex 390 585 1,050 1,635 Gloucestershire 405 565 1,010 1,545 Hampshire 380 565 1,040 1,580 Hereford and Worcester 385 565 1,000 1,440 Hertfordshire 440 650 1,130 1,745 Humberside 425 575 1,155 1,690 Isle of Wight 425 550 1,055 1,495 Kent 385 570 935 1,475 Lancashire 375 580 985 1,620 Leicestershire 400 590 1,085 1,770 Lincolnshire 385 580 1,005 1,475 Norfolk 410 575 1,070 1,585 North Yorkshire 425 595 1,030 1,595 Northamptonshire 380 570 1,005 1,545 Northumberland 425 580 1,090 1,630 Nottinghamshire 390 585 1,115 1,745 Oxfordshire 430 590 1,125 1,665 Salop 375 580 1,075 1,695 Somerset 370 530 1,025 1,570 Staffordshire 435 600 1,050 1,610 Suffolk 420 525 1,020 1,485 Surrey 415 620 1,050 1,635 Warwickshire 385 570 1,025 1,635 West Sussex 385 555 1,005 1,530 Wiltshire 395 565 1,045 1,555 1 Excluding costs of school meals, home to school transport, central administration and financing costs of capital expenditure. n/a denotes that an expenditure return has not been received from the LEA.