§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list in descending order the cost of educating the average pupil in each local education authority.
§ Mr. Dunn[pursuant to his reply, 7 March]: The average net cost per pupil in primary and secondary schools for each local education authority is given in the following table.
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New Cost per pupil (£ cash)—England—1982–83* Combined primary and secondary schools Local Education Authority Net cost per pupil £ ILEA 1,281 Haringey 1,141 Brent 1,085 Newham 1,046 Waltham Forest 1,046 Ealing 1,024 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1,001 Hounslow 960 Barnet 956 Manchester 952 Liverpool 934 Hillingdon 925 Sheffield 923 Gateshead 820 Cleveland 818 Leicestershire 817 Northumberland 813 Calderdale 811 Bradford 808 Durham 807 Suffolk 805 Buckinghamshire 803 Berkshire 801 Shropshire 799 Sunderland 798 Dorset 798 Harrow 918 Havering 904 Croydon 901 Barking 900 Walsall 899 South Tyneside 897 Knowsley 895 Wolverhampton 894 Redbridge 893 Bromley 891 Northtyneside 889 Merton 888
Local Education Authority Net cost per pupil £ Rochdale 874 Richmond-upon-Thames 867 Humberside 859 Bedfordshire 858 Nottinghamshire 856 Oxfordshire 848 Coventry 848 Bexley 846 Sandwell 844 Kingston-upon-Thames 837 Isle of Wight 837 Doncaster 836 Barnsley 832 Cumbria 832 North Yorkshire 831 Enfield 830 Staffordshire 829 Hertfordshire 828 Avon 826 Bury 826 Wigan 825 Salford 824 Sutton 823 Sefton 792 East Sussex 789 Surrey 789 Tameside 788 Cheshire 788 Norfolk 787 Birmingham 786 Gloucestershire 784 Trafford 782 St. Helens 781 Derbyshire 780 Northamptonshire 780 Leeds 779 Essex 773 Kirklees 772 Lincolnshire 772 Wakefield 771 Solihull 768 Lancashire 768 Rotherham 767 Wirral 767 Cornwall 766 Devon 766 Kent 766 Hereford & Worcester 764 Wiltshire 762 Oldham 761 Cambridgeshire 761 Hampshire 760 Stockport 758 Bolton 755 Warwickshire 755 West Sussex 747 Somerset 738 Dudley 735 * The figures have been derived from "Education Statistics 1982–83 Actuals" published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA).