HC Deb 16 June 1976 vol 913 cc185-6W
Mr. Evelyn King

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the average cost to public funds of maintaining a pupil at a non-selective school.

Miss Margaret Jackson

In the financial year 1974–75, the latest year for which actual figures are available, the Average annual recurrent cost to public funds of educating a pupil aged between 11 and 16 in a maintained secondary school in England and Wales was £324 at 1975 survey prices. Separate costings for different types of secondary school are not available.