§ Mr Joseph Deanasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the annual per capita expenditure on the pupils at school in each of the metropolitan districts.
§ Mr. Mark CarlisleThe figures are as follows:
LOCAL AUTHORITY NET RECURRENT EXPENDITURE* ON PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCACATION EXPRESSED PER PUPIL IN MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. £(outturn prices) Metropolitan Districts 1978–79 Greater Manchester Bolton 413 Bury 454 Manchester 525 Oldham 421 Rochdale 463 Salford 423 Stockport 422 Tameside 437 Trafford 472 Wigan 415 Merseyside Knowsley 463 Liverpool 504 St. Helens 431 Sefton 423 Wirral 428 South Yorkshire Barnsley 459 Doncaster 470 Rotherham 428 Sheffield 463 Tyne and Wear Gateshead 471 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 549 North Tyneside 491 South Tyneside 493 Sunderland 441 West Yorkshire Bradford 468 Calderdale 448 Kirklees 412 Leeds 426 Wakefield 432 West Midlands Coventry 452 Birmingham 437 Solihull 415 Dudley 374 Sandwell 449 Walsall 430 Wolverhampton 464 * Excluding loan charges and contributions to capital expenditure.
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§ Mr. Joseph Deanasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what rate poundage levied by each of the metropolitan districts can be attributed to the educational services.
§ Mr. Mark CarlisleMy Department does not prepare figures of this kind, but such information may be found in the financial, general and rating statistics published annually by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, copies of which are available in the Library.