§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the amount spent on textbooks per pupil in(a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in each year since 1983 in real terms.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information is contained in the following table. It has been compiled from local authority financial returns, which do not distinguish between text and library books.
Expenditure per pupil on text and library books adjusted to 1991–92 prices using the GDP deflator. Primary £ Secondary £ 1983–84 14.32 21.26 1984–85 14.47 20.96 1985–86 12.81 19.36 1986–87 15.22 23.21 1987–88 12.21 17.07 1988–89 13.82 22.83 1989–90 13.89 20.08 1990–91 14.45 22.90