§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how much the Department for Education has spent on the operation of the assisted places scheme in each year since 1981; how many pupils have been covered by the scheme since 1981; and if there was any overspend on the budget allocated in each of these years.
§ Mr. ForthThe information requested is given in the following table for each year up to 1992–93, the latest year for which complete figures are available. Expenditure exceed the original budget estimate in 1990–91 and 1991–92.
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Year Total cost £ million
Total number of assisted pupils 1981–82 3.0 4,185 1982–83 8.7 8,616 1983–84 15.0 13,102 1984–85 22.2 17,386 1985–86 29.6 21,412 1986–87 37.9 24,478
Year Total cost £ million Total number of assisted pupils 1987–88 46.0 26,899 1988–89 50.9 27,083 1989–90 56.5 27,008 1990–91 63.4 26,740 1991–92 75.7 27,641 1992–93 192.8 28,674 1 Includes £4.9 million brought forward from financial vear 1993–94. Note: The figures are for England only.