§ Mr. Greenwayasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was spent on each primary and secondary pupil in actual and real terms from 1962 onwards, taking 1962 as the base year.
§ Dr. BoysonInformation about expenditure in the earlier part of the period is available only for England and Wales together and is on a slightly different basis from that for recent years. The figures are none the less broadly comparable, and are as follows:
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Net recurrent institutional expenditure per full-time equivalent pupil in maintained schools Primary schools Secondary schools Financial year At outturn prices At Nov' 81 prices Index Nov' 81 prices At outturn prices At Nov' 81 prices Index Nov' 81 prices £ £ £ £ England and Wales 1961–62 51 386 100.0 87 651 100.0 1962–63 56 390 101.0 99 679 104.3
Primary schools Secondary schools Financial year At outturn prices At Nov' 81 prices Index Nov' 81 prices At outturn prices At Nov' 81 prices Index Nov' 81 prices £ £ £ £ 1963–64 59 393 101.8 105 689 105.8 1964–65 60 396 102.6 108 704 108.1 1965–66 68 400 103.6 124 726 111.5 1966–67 71 405 104.9 131 748 114.9 1967–68 75 405 104.9 140 754 115.8 1968–69 77 410 106.2 144 761 116.9 1969–70 83 415 107.5 154 763 117.2 1970–71 93 433 112.2 169 780 119.8 1971–72 106 445 115.3 194 811 124.6 1972–73 124 467 121.0 223 836 128.4 1973–74 139 486 125.9 238 829 127.3 1974–75 200 515 133.4 326 841 129.2 1975–76 259 535 138.6 408 844 129.6 1976–77 294 548 142.0 454 846 130.0 1977–78 323 559 144.8 487 843 129.5 1978–79 367 581 150.5 539 852 130.9 England only 1979–80 429 601 100.0 612 858 100.0 1980–81 547 608 101.2 771 857 99.9