HL Deb 12 November 1992 vol 540 cc23-8WA
Baroness David

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What was the expenditure on school books in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales in 1990–91 respectively in the following categories:

  1. (a) total spending per local authority;
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  3. (b) per pupil expenditure per local authority;
  4. (c) total spending per pupil;
  5. (d) average expenditure per pupil;
divided between the primary and secondary sectors.

Baroness Blatch

The available information on spending and per pupil expenditure on books and equipment is shown in the tables. It is derived from local education authorities' returns of their spending and their pupil numbers. The tables show combined figures for books and equipment because not all authorities' returns identify separately spending on books from that on equipment. Information for nursery and primary schools is not collected separately.

Total expenditure on books and equipment
LEA Nursery/primary Secondary
(£000) (£000)
City 6 n.a.
Camden 538 596
Greenwich 471 550
Hackney 15 397
Hammersmith 486 189
Islington 614 606
Kensington 542 512
Lambeth 396 209
Lewisham 566 476
Southwark 973 399
Tower Hamlets 1,524 990
Wandsworth 1,469 1,508
Westminster 547 592
Barking 696 1,075
Barnet 884 1,176
Bexley 657 1,136
Brent 719 668
Bromley 776 1,198
Croydon 1,261 1,298
Ealing 1,020 979
Enfield 1,099 1,214
Haringey 239 119
Harrow 1,275 1,123
Havering 832 1,509
Hillingdon 820 676
Hounslow 836 1,152
Kingston-upon-Thames 478 604
Merton 700 774
Newham 768 897
Redbridge 1,159 1,726
Richmond-upon-Thames 446 568
Sutton 437 682
Waltham Forest 408 757
Birmingham 6,367 7,279
Coventry 799 1,956
Dudley 965 999
Sandwell 184 208
Solihull 800 1,238
Walsall 1,203 1,716
Wolverhampton 248 408
Knowsley 616 1,001
Liverpool 1,346 1,247
St. Helens 346 661
Sefton 236 434
Wirral 1,269 1,993
Bolton 1,035 952
Bury 533 576
Manchester 1,348 1,786
Oldham 1,165 1,119
Rochdale 655 817
Salford 711 1,098
Stockport 1,417 1,914
Tameside 764 843
Trafford 786 766

LEA Nursery/primary Secondary
(£000) (£000)
Wigan 956 1,731
Barnsley 654 626
Doncaster 304 270
Rotherham 579 606
Sheffield 1,131 1,492
Bradford 1,232 2,522
Calderdale 949 1,001
Kirklees 968 1,468
Leeds 1,492 2,495
Wakefield 784 1,168
Gateshead 591 884
Newcastle upon Tyne 683 1,206
North Tyneside 529 974
South Tyneside 457 694
Sunderland 1,222 1,112
Avon 3,057 4,303
Bedfordshire 1,717 3,577
Berkshire 3,062 4,366
Buckinghamshire 2,917 2,665
Cambridgeshire 2,323 3,530
Cheshire 3,156 4,667
Cleveland 1,087 1,661
Cornwall 1,163 2,206
Cumbria 1,003 1,820
Derbyshire 3,137 4,539
Devon 3,189 4,845
Dorset 2,348 3,167
Durham 2,194 3,265
East Sussex 1,956 2,961
Essex 3,920 6,917
Gloucestershire 1,864 2,641
Hampshire 4,391 5,818
Herefordshire 4,362 4,921
Hertfordshire 4,350 6,379
Humberside 3,363 5,285
Isle of Wight 271 683
Kent 4,501 10,074
Lancashire 5,617 5,527
Leicestershire 4,165 6,891
Lincolnshire 2,062 2,586
Norfolk 2,256 2,400
North Yorkshire 2,231 4,278
Northamptonshire 2,681 4,165
Northumberland 739 1,844
Nottinghamshire 3,055 4,704
Oxfordshire 1,704 3,318
Shropshire 1,629 2,803
Somerset 2,340 1,383
Staffordshire 3,784 5,792
Suffolk 1,913 4,537
Surrey 1,530 3,202
Warwickshire 1,277 1,967
West Sussex 2,926 3,065
Wiltshire 2,517 2,601
England 160,738 224,968
Clwyd 1,320 2,569
Dyfed 1,305 1,938
Gwent 1,619 2,293
Gwynedd 1,157 1,490
Mid Glamorgan 1,695 4,435
Powys 236 432
South Glamorgan 1,223 2,520
West Glamorgan 1,240 1,819
Wales 9,795 17,496
Borders 62 150
Central 824 1,701
Dumfries & Galloway 568 843
Fife 634 1,725
Grampian 1,903 3,767
Highland 1,325 1,642
Lothian 1,791 2,061
Strathclyde 5,810 8,663

LEA Nursery/primary Secondary
(£000) (£000)
Tayside 1,049 2,054
Orkney 49 91
Shetland 152 468
Western Isles 43 85
Scotland 14,210 23,250
Belfast 788 1,174
North East 1,352 1,585
South East 921 1,141
Southern 1,275 1,631
Western 1,074 1,104
Northern Ireland 5,410 6,635

Expenditure per pupil
LEA Nursery/primary Secondary
£ £
City 29 n.a.
Camden 55 61
Greenwich 24 41
Hackney 1 53
Hammersmith 56 38
Islington 44 85
Kensington 88 164
Lambeth 22 35
Lewisham 30 42
Southwark 51 43
Tower Hamlets 81 93
Wandsworth 93 154
Westminster 63 84
Barking 49 124
Barnet 40 74
Bexley 38 81
Brent 35 65
Bromley 40 81
Croydon 51 83
Ealing 39 89
Enfield 51 76
Haringey 14 14
Harrow 70 144
Havering 44 96
Hillingdon 45 55
Hounslow 47 92
Kingston-upon-Thames 51 85
Merton 60 94
Newham 35 69
Redbridge 67 129
Richmond-upon-Thames 47 82
Sutton 38 71
Waltham Forest 23 65
Birmingham 61 121
Coventry 28 109
Dudley 34 65
Sandwell 6 11
Solihull 44 90
Walsall 46 94
Wolverhampton 11 27
Knowsley 37 111
Liverpool 29 45
St. Helens 21 53
Sefton 9 23
Wirral 42 96
Bolton 40 58
Bury 34 57
Manchester 31 75
Oldham 51 74
Rochdale 32 63
Salford 32 85
Stockport 58 110
Tameside 36 64
Trafford 44 71

LEA Nursery/primary Secondary
£ £
Wigan 33 84
Barnsley 33 50
Doncaster 11 13
Rotherham 25 35
Sheffield 26 62
Bradford 33 58
Calderdale 51 80
Kirklees 29 59
Leeds 29 49
Wakefield 30 57
Gateshead 34 77
Newcastle upon Tyne 31 73
North Tyneside 35 67
South Tyneside 31 79
Sunderland 42 61
Avon 40 83
Bedfordshire 44 84
Berkshire 52 99
Buckinghamshire 50 84
Cambridgeshire 41 89
Cheshire 37 74
Cleveland 18 43
Cornwall 31 77
Cumbria 24 60
Derbyshire 39 83
Devon 43 89
Dorset 57 84
Durham 40 90
East Sussex 42 88
Essex 33 72
Gloucestershire 45 89
Hampshire 35 71
Herefordshire 94 105
Hertfordshire 56 101
Humberside 43 92
Isle of Wight 40 67
Kent 38 104
Lancashire 45 68
Leicestershire 55 117
Lincolnshire 44 79
Norfolk 38 61
North Yorkshire 41 100
Northamptonshire 56 97
Northumberland 38 66
Nottinghamshire 37 76
Oxfordshire 44 102
Shropshire 49 107
Somerset 69 50
Staffordshire 42 86
Suffolk 47 98
Surrey 21 76
Warwickshire 29 80
West Sussex 59 78
Wiltshire 58 80
England 41 80
Clwyd 35 98
Dyfed 41 83
Gwent 38 82
Gwynedd 60 98
Mid Glamorgan 30 124
Powys 23 56
South Glamorgan 33 98
West Glamorgan 36 80
Wales 36 95
Borders 7 26
Central 33 103
Dumfries and Galloway 43 95
Fife 19 82
Grampian 42 128
Highland 67 120
Lothian 30 56
Strathclyde 27 64
Tayside 31 94
Orkney 27 68

LEA Nursery/primary Secondary
£ £
Shetland 66 286
Western Isles 16 37
Scotland 31 79
Belfast 25 73
North East 34 68
South East 26 64
Southern 30 72
Western 30 58
Northern Ireland 29 67

Note: n.a. indicates that the LEA has no secondary school.