§ Mr. JoplingTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the percentage of shire counties' education budget which is spent on(a) schools and (b) for non-school expenditure, together with the amount of money this represents per school pupil in each case. [5308]
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe following table shows for each shire county the percentage of net recurrent expenditure spent in 1993–94, the latest year for which figures are available, on:(a) pre-primary, primary, secondary and special schools; and (b)other education services, including education other than at school, adult education, 697W continuing education, discretionary awards, youth and other community services, service strategy and regulation and education support services. The table also shows the
Shire counties—Expenditure on education and its cost per pupil pre-primary/primary, secondary and special Net recurrent expenditure 1993–94 LEA Percentage of expenditure (a) Cost per pupil Percentage of expenditure (b) Cost per pupil Avon 94 2,226 6 148 Berkshire 93 2,126 7 159 Buckinghamshire 93 2,246 7 159 Cambridgeshire 93 2,109 7 154 Cheshire 90 2,007 10 221 Cleveland 96 2,076 4 97 Cornwall 92 2,095 8 192 Cumbria 89 2,081 11 250 Derbyshire 92 2,240 8 182 Devon 95 2,103 5 117 Dorset 91 2,039 9 212 Durham 95 2,219 5 126 East Sussex 95 2,289 5 132 Essex 90 2,259 10 241 Gloucestershire 91 2,096 9 198 Hampshire 93 2,173 7 156 Hereford and Worcester 95 2,110 5 105 Hertfordshire 92 2,114 8 184 Humberside 93 2,206 7 170 Isle of Wight 92 2,228 8 188 Kent 88 2,025 12 268 Lancashire 93 2,275 7 160 Leicestershire 90 2,120 10 235 Lincolnshire 88 2,148 12 289 Norfolk 94 2,233 6 155 North Yorkshire 94 2,127 6 142 Northamptonshire 90 1,983 10 231 Northumberland 92 2,080 8 177 Nottinghamshire 95 2,338 5 121 Oxfordshire 95 2,259 5 125 Shropshire 93 2,219 7 171 Somerset 89 2,103 11 273 Staffordshire 94 1,938 6 119 Suffolk 93 2,166 7 157 Warwickshire 95 2,171 5 109 West Sussex 93 2,132 7 149 Wiltshire 89 2,167 11 262 Total 92 2,153 8 177