HC Deb 16 June 1981 vol 6 c338W
36 Mr. Greenway

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are the figures for the expenditure on education in schools in England and Wales, measured in terms of expenditure per child per year for the present year and for the past five years.

Mr. Mark Carlisle

Figures of recurrent expenditure per pupil in England and Wales underlying the Government's expenditure plans (Cmnd. 8175) are set out below:

November 1979 prices
primary Secondary
£ £
Actual
1976–77 384 576
1977–78 376 572
1978–79 405 593
1979–80 423 601
Planned
1980–81 430 613
1981–82 428 609

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