HC Deb 28 February 1995 vol 255 cc531-2W
Sir David Knox

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much was spent in total on education in Staffordshire in each of the past 20 years, at constant prices.

Mr. Robin Squire

The table below shows total expenditure by Staffordshire local education authority from 1974–75 to 1993–94, the latest year for which provisional outturn figures are available. These figures have not been adjusted for any changes of function.

Staffordshire county council
Gross expenditure (1994–95 prices)£ million
1974–75 460.1
1975–76 472.9
1976–77 478.9
1977–78 460.0
1978–79 470.0
1979–80 460.2