HC Deb 09 March 1993 vol 220 cc515-7W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list details of funds expended per pupil in each local education authority in 1991–92; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Forth

The information requested is not yet available for 1991–92. The table gives the unit cost for nursery, primary and secondary pupils by local education authority for 1990–91, the latest year for which information on actual spending is available.

Notes to tables

1. Figures are derived from local education authorities' returns of their net institutional expenditure to the Department of the Environment and of their pupil numbers to the Department for Education.

2. 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. Figures include unspent balances held by schools at the year end under local management of schools schemes.

1990–91 Unit cost per pupil
Local Education Authority Unit cost per pupil 1990–91
City 1,950
Camden 2,000
Greenwich n/a
Hackney 2,165
Hammersmith 2,225
Islington 1,995
Kensington 2,340
Lambeth 2,020
Lewisham 1,985
Southwark 2,015
Tower Hamlets 2,140
Wandsworth 2,085
Westminster 2,715
Barking 1,745
Barnet 1,725
Bexley 1,575
Brent 1,760
Bromley 1,710
Croydon 1,630
Ealing 1,950
Enfield 1,650
Haringey 2,085
Harrow 1,685
Havering 1,605
Hillingdon 1,785
Hounslow 1,695
Kingston/Thames 1,740
Merton 1,855
Newham 1,750
Redbridge 1,625
Richmond/Thames 1,665
Sutton 1,640
Waltham Forest 1,940
Birmingham 1,550
Coventry 1,625
Dudley 1,530
Sandwell 1,670
Solihull 1,495
Walsall 1,755
Wolverhampton 1,600
Knowsley 1,640
Liverpool 1,645
St. Helens 1,485
Sefton 1,495
Wirral 1,605
Bolton 1,490
Bury 1,395
Manchester 1,555
Oldham 1,585

Local Education Authority Unit cost per pupil 1990–91
Rochdale 1,545
Salford 1,560
Stockport 1,555
Tameside 1,545
Trafford 1,480
Wigan 1,530
Barnsley 1,425
Doncaster 1,445
Rotherham 1,550
Sheffield 1,625
Bradford 1,560
Calderdale 1,645
Kirklees 1,510
Leeds 1,620
Wakefield 1,560
Gateshead 1,620
Newcastle/Tyne 1,665
North Tyneside 1,620
South Tyneside 1,570
Sunderland 1,480
Isles of Scilly 2,815
Avon 1,495
Bedfordshire 1,590
Berkshire 1,530
Buckinghamshire 1,530
Cambridgeshire 1,475
Cheshire 1,470
Cleveland 1,535
Cornwall 1,445
Cumbria 1,595
Derbyshire 1,630
Devon 1,520
Dorset 1,500
Durham 1,530
East Sussex 1,500
Essex 1,480
Gloucestershire 1,470
Hampshire 1,460
Herefordshire 1,520
Hertfordshire 1,665
Humberside 1,510
Isle of Wight 1,505
Kent 1,385
Lancashire 1,510
Leicestershire 1,620
Lincolnshire 1,420
Norfolk 1,520
North Yorkshire 1,545
Northants 1,435
Northumberland 1,585
Nottinghamshire 1,700
Oxfordshire 1,740
Shropshire 1,635
Somerset 1,485
Staffordshire 1,525
Suffolk 1,550
Surrey 1,550
Warwickshire 1,455
West Sussex 1,505
Wiltshire 1,505