§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the total expenditure on adult education in each of the outer London boroughs: and what this represents in terms of expenditure per head of the population in those boroughs.
§ Mr. BrookeSeparate information about expenditure on adult education is only available for adult education centres. The net recurrent expenditure on adult education centres in 1982–83, the latest year for which firm figures are available, as returned by each outer London borough, and that expenditure expressed as expenditure per head of the 18+ population is set out below.
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LEA 1982–83 Expenditure £'000 (cash) Expenditure per head of population £ Barking 289.7 1.9 Barnet — — Bexley 699.5 3.2 Brent 452.4 1.8 Bromley 531.7 1.8 Croydon 360.9 1.1 Ealing 279.1 1.0 Enfield — — Haringey 1,064.6 5.2 Harrow 592.5 2.0 Havering 307.0 1.3 Hillingdon 415.2 1.8 Hounslow 815.0 4.0 Kingston 292.7 2.2 Merton 162.6 1.0 Newham 267.9 1.3 Redbridge 166.9 0.7 Richmond 639.2 4.0 Sutton 14.6 0.1 Waltham Forest 570.4 2.6 These figures exclude expenditure on adult education provided in polytechnics or other maintained further education establishments, since such expenditure is not separately identifiable in the expenditure returns submitted by authorities.