§ Mr. Murphyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what has been the level of education expenditure on school children on a per capita basis at constant prices since 1974.
§ Dr. BoysonSeparate figures for England are not available. For England and Wales, net institutional recurrent expenditure per pupil in the financial years 1974–75 to 1980–81 were as follows:
1980–81 outturn prices£ 1974–75 586 1975–76 603 1976–77 611 1977–78 618 1978–79 634 1979–80 648 1980–81 654