§ Mr. WaldenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the current difference between the average annual cost of a secondary place in the state 515W sector, and the average annual fees for a day place in the private sector.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe average spending per pupil in local education authority maintained secondary schools in England is estimated to be £2,250 in the financial year 1993–94. Comprehensive data from which the average annual fees for a day place in the independent sector could be calculated are not collected centrally; but the average fee charged for pupils in the assisted places scheme in the academic year 1993–94 was £4,112. For various reasons, however, the two figures quoted are not directly comparable, not least because the figure for maintained schools excludes significant items of school-related expenditure.
Gross education expenditure from 1979–80 Hampshire county council Gross expenditure (cash terms) Gross expenditure (1994–95 prices) Percentage increase on 1979–80 in real terms Percentage increase on previous year in real terms 1979–80 254,781 638,033 — — 1980–81 304,603 644,688 1.0 1.0 1981–82 333,658 643,896 0.9 -0.1 1982–83 352,599 635,212 -0.4 -1.3 1983–84 366,578 631,124 -1.1 -0.6 1984–85 379,401 621,948 -2.5 -1.5 1985–86 397,771 618,174 -3.1 -0.6 1986–87 427,445 644,837 1.1 4.3 1987–88 470,240 673.536 5.6 4.5 1988–89 515,039 691,437 8.4 2.7 1989–90 516,959 648,703 1.7 -6.2 1990–91 558,882 649,285 1.8 0.1 1991–92 638,522 697,950 9.4 7.5 1992–93 698,227 733,984 15.0 5.2 1993–941 581,475 593,105 -7.0 -19.2 1 Provisional figures.