§ Mr. Rogersasked the Secretary of State for Wales what has been the expenditure by each of the local education authorities in Wales in primary and secondary schools, the expenditure to be expressed as cost per pupil, in cost and real terms, since 1979–80.
§ Mr. Stradling ThomasThe information is as follows:
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1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 * 1983–84 Gwent 606 771 878 957 1,029 Gwynedd 578 734 837 883 961 Mid Glamorgan 606 765 832 891 979 Powys 640 800 908 959 1,037 South Glamorgan 598 750 835 902 961 West Glamorgan 670 838 975 1,060 1,140 £ 1983–84 prices‡ Clwyd 828 887 928 944 995 Dyfed 876 921 952 951 968 Gwent 880 944 978 999 1,029 Gwynedd 840 899 932 922 961 Mid Glamorgan 880 937 926 930 979 Powys 930 980 1,011 1,001 1,037 South Glamorgan 869 918 930 942 961 West Glamorgan 973 1,026 1,086 1,107 1,140 * Provisional. † Institutional recurrent costs exclude expenditure on school meals and milk, school transport and pupil support (e.g. maintenance awards). ‡ Cash deflated to 1983–84 prices using the GDP deflator, which measures changes in prices in the economy as a whole. Care must therefore be taken in using constant price figures derived by applying the deflator to the expenditure of an individual local education authority