§ Mr. Sean Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what has been the total spending on books by local education authorities in England and Wales for each of the last 10 years for which figures are available in cost and real terms using 1979–80 as the base year;
(2) what has been the total spending on books per pupil by local education authorities in England and Wales for each of the last 10 years for which figures are available in cost and real terms using 1979–80 as the base year.
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§ Mr. DunnExpenditure by local education authorities in England on books in primary and secondary schools and that expenditure expressed as cost per pupil, in cost and
(£ 1979–80 prices) Primary Schools Secondary Schools Expenditure £ million Cost per Pupil Expenditure £ million Cost per Pupil Cost Terms Real Terms Cost Terms Real Terms Cost Terms Real Terms Cost Terms Real Terms 1973–74 25.6 23.2 5.2 4.7 34.8 31.6 10.2 9.2 1974–75 24.2 21.0 5.0 4.3 32.3 27.9 9.0 7.8 1975–76 23.4 21.4 4.8 4.4 31.0 28.3 8.5 7.8 1976–77 22.7 21.3 4.8 4.5 31.6 29.6 8.4 7.8 1977–78 21.7 21.1 4.6 4.5 31.2 30.3 8.1 7.9 1978–79 22.3 21.6 4.8 4.7 32.4 31.5 8.4 8.2 1979–80 20.3 20.3 4.6 4.6 30.2 30.2 7.8 7.8 1980–81 18.7 19.9 4.5 4.8 26.2 28.0 6.8 7.3 1981–82 18.8 19.5 4.8 4.8 25.1 26.1 6.6 6.8 1982–83 19.2 20.2 5.0 5.3 26.7 28.1 7.1 7.5 (The figures in cost and real terms have been calculated using respectively the GDP deflator and the average price of school books index of the Publishers' Association.)
§ Mr. Sean Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will provide figures showing spending on books alone by each local education authority in England and Wales (a) in terms of their overall allocation and spending per pupil and (b) in cost and real terms using 1979–80 as the base year for each of the last five years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Sean Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proportion of total local authority budgets and current spending, respectively, on education was accounted for by books alone in the latest year for which figures are available; and how this compares with each of the previous five years.
§ Mr. DunnLocal education authority expenditure on books in primary and secondary schools as a percentage of net recurrent expenditure on those schools was as follows in each of the six financial years up to 1982–83, the latest year for which firm figures are available:
per cent. Year Primary Schools Secondary Schools 1977–78 1.1 1.2 1978–79 1.1 1.3 1979–80 1.1 1.2 1980–81 1.0 1.0 1981–82 1.0 0.9 1982–83 1.0 1.0