§ Mr. Penhaligonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list for the most recent convenient year the level of expenditure per pupil in primary and secondary schools for each of the shire counties.
§ Mr. DunnThe latest available information is published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, in its "Education Statistics 1983–84 Estimates", a copy of which is available in the Library. The figures are as follows:
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Net expenditure per pupil (November 1982 prices) Primary £
Secondary £
Avon 674 993 Bedfordshire 738 †971 Berkshire *678 †973 Buckinghamshire *650 1,019 Cambridgeshire 628 †925 Cheshire *701 962 Cleveland 675 970 Cornwall 607 913 Cumbria 717 971 Derbyshire 660 †921 Devon *616 †916 Dorset *659 †904 Durham 686 899 East Sussex *648 935 Essex 619 933 Gloucestershire 634 939
Primary £
Secondary £
Hampshire *636 938 Hereford and Worcester *627 †865 Hertfordshire 670 †987 Humberside *722 †935 Isle of Wight 705 †911 Kent 609 †906 Lancashire 622 930 Leicestershire 676 †966 Lincolnshire *618 926 Norfolk *682 947 Northamptonshire 629 †921 Northumberland 676 †904 North Yorkshire 708 †969 Nottinghamshire 728 †993 Oxfordshire 664 †956 Shropshire 664 †954 Somerset 614 †889 Staffordshire *736 †944 Suffolk 688 †891 Surrey *656 1,004 Warwickshire *654 916 West Sussex *613 †891 Wiltshire 618 †910 * Includes middle deemed primary schools. † Includes middle deemed secondary schools.