§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Prime Minister which Minister is responsible for monitoring price increases and what is his remit.
Amounts spent on books per pupil* Primary Schools Secondary Schools 1977/78 1978/79 1979/80 1977/78 1978/79 1979/80 £ £ £ £ £ £ Clwyd 2.7 3.0 3.7 4.1 5.5 5.2 Dyfed 5.6 7.5 5.2 5.8 7.6 5.5 Gwent 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.7 3.8 6.0 Gwynedd 3.7 3.0 3.1 5.6 6.2 6.0 Mid-Glamorgan (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) Powys 5.7 3.6 3.5 7.7 6.0 5.8 South Glamorgan 2.4 1.3 1.4 4.3 4.6 5.8 West Glamorgan (†) 5.2 6.5 (†) 8.9 8.8 * Counting each part-time pupil as 0.5. † The local authority was unable to provide separate figures for expenditure on books. Estimates are available of expenditure on books, educational equipment, stationery and materials in total.