§ Mr. DenhamTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the average spending per primary school pupil in Southampton in 1979 and in 1992 on(a) teaching costs and (b) non-teaching costs; and if he will express those figures in actual and 1979 values.
§ Mr. ForthThe information requested is collected by local education authorities only, so separate figures are not available for Southampton. Average net institutional expenditure per pupil in primary and nursery schools in Hampshire are shown in the table. The table shows spending in cash for 1979–80 and 1990–91, the latest year for which information on actual spending is available, and at 1979–80 prices.
Teaching costs £ Non-Teaching costs £ 1979–80 (cash) 274 110 1990–91 (cash) 830 431 1990–91 (in 1979–80 prices) 383 199 Notes to table:
1. Net institutional expenditure covers the direct costs in schools of salaries and wages, premises and certain supplies and services. It does not include the costs of school meals, home to school transport, LEA central administration, and financing costs of capital expenditure. For 1990–91, figures include unspent balances held by schools at the year end under local management of schools schemes.
2. Figures for teaching posts include gross salaries and employers' national insurance and superannuation contributions. Non-teaching costs include all other items of net institutional expenditure.
3. Figures for 1990–91 have been repriced to 1979–80 prices using the GDP (Market Prices) Deflator index.