§ Mr. HunterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what has been the total spending on(a) primary—infant and junior—and (b) secondary schools in England each year since 1979 in cash terms and at 1979 prices; and what was the percentage change in the level of spending in real terms between each of those years.
§ Mr. Fallon[pursuant to his reply, 12 February, 1992, c. 525–27]: Following are revised tables showing corrected figures for spending on nursery and primary schools and secondary schools in England.
Nursery and primary schools2 Year Net recurrent expenditure £ million1 Net recurrent expenditure at 1979–80 prices £ million3 Real terms change on previous year Percentage 1979–80 1,908.1 1,908.1 — 1980–81 2,328.2 1,967.5 3.1 1981–82 2,522.2 1,943.8 -1.2 1982–83 2,656.1 1,910.8 -1.7 1983–84 2,765.4 1,901.3 -0.5 1984–85 2,863.0 1,874.7 -1.4 1985–86 3,050.9 1,893.3 1.0 1986–87 3,401.1 2,043.4 7.9 1987–88 3,829.1 2,181.9 6.8 1988–89 4,225.4 2.246.4 3.0 1989–90 4,761.7 2,377.3 5.8 261W
Secondary schools Year Net recurrent expenditure £ million1 Net recurrent expenditure at 1979–80 prices £ million3 Real terms change on previous year Percentage 1979–80 2,484.6 2,484.6 — 1980–81 3,093.4 2,614.1 5.2 1981–82 3,438.4 2,649.8 1.4 1982–83 3,691.5 2,655.7 0.2 1983–84 3,880.0 2,667.7 0.5 1984–85 4,017.3 2,630.5 -1.4 1985–86 4,352.3 2,700.9 2.7 1986–87 4,561.7 2,740.6 1.5 1987–88 4,906.7 2,795.9 2.0 1988–89 5,221.7 2,776.1 -0.7 1989–90 5,539.1 2,765.4 -0.4 1 Net recurrent expenditure includes total expenditure other than costs of financing capital expenditure, less income other than from specific grants. 2 Spending on nursery and primary schools was not collected separately for years after 1986–87, so expenditure figures cover both nursery and primary schools. 3 Expenditure figures have been repriced to 1979–80 prices using the current GDP (Market Prices) Deflator index. Note: The figures in the tables are derived from local education authorities' returns of their spending to the Department of the Environment.