§ 27. Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will state the median expenditure of local education authorities on each primary and secondary pupil, respectively.
§ Dr. BoysonThe median of individual local authorities' net institutional recurrent unit costs in 1979–80 was £427 for primary and £617 for secondary pupils. The median of total unit costs, including revenue expenditure on meals, administration and building is not available, but it is estimated to have been approximately £120 and £160 respectively higher than these figures.