§ 26. Mr Nicholas WintertonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the current annual total average expenditure per pupil in secondary schools; and what the equivalent figure was in 1979. [3897]
§ Mr. Robin SquireNet institutional expenditure per pupil in LEA-maintained secondary schools was £607 in cash 1979–80 and £2,245 in 1993–94, the latest year for which figures are available. In real terms that is a 50 per cent. increase.