HC Deb 14 May 1985 vol 79 cc100-2W
Mr. Jack Thompson

asked the Secretary State for Education and Science if he will list the cost to each local education authority of school transport for the years 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1984, respectively.

Mr. Dunn

The net cost to each local education authority of providing children with transport between home and school, for each of the three years to 1983–84, is given in the following table. Information for 1984–85 is not yet available.

Local Education Authority Recurrent Expenditure on Home to School Transport
£000s, Cash Prices
1981–82 1982–83 1983–84
Greater London
Barking 330 316 332
Barnet 788 918 917
Bexley 560 580 562
Brent 993 1,210 1,253
Bromley 680 647 686
Croydon 630 645 544
Ealing 1,017 1,070 1,103
Enfield 747 710 529
Haringey 576 718 742
Harrow 315 700 515
Havering 558 557 513
Hillingdon 466 524 480
Hounslow 778 836 824
Kingston-upon-Thames 247 291 244
Merton 283 280 53
Newham n/a n/a 456
Redbridge 490 544 534
Richmond-upon-Thames 288 247 250
Sutton 452 512 486
Waltham Forest 539 567 591
Inner London 3,248 4,045 4,120
Metropolitan Districts
Birmingham 1,195 1,292 1,369
Coventry 248 295 354
Dudley 266 287 301
Sandwell 335 375 406
Solihull 357 409 488
Walsall 350 426 444
Wolverhampton 260 328 293
Knowsley 248 256 258
Liverpool 1,401 1,400 1,359
St. Helens 440 437 466
Sefton 445 245 326
Wirral 972 904 1,016
Bolton 419 449 487
Bury 285 269 273
Manchester 1,367 1,215 1,319
Oldham 331 366 342
Rochdale 303 292 276
Salford 396 437 443
Stockport 494 532 524
Tameside 366 406 437
Trafford 466 464 470
Wigan 463 414 494
Barnsley 239 241 255
Doncaster 466 483 520
Rotherham 604 606 604
Sheffield 868 883 989
Bradford 1,298 1,315 1,395
Calderdale 719 751 892
Kirklees 797 967 1,064
Leeds 2,155 2,293 2,139
Wakefield 527 540 561
Gateshead 256 252 166
Newcastle upon Tyne 449 437 443
North Tyneside 220 261 289
South Tyneside 142 127 144
Sunderland 199 238 261
Shire Counties
Isles of Scilly 3 3 4
Avon 3,136 3,409 3,765
Bedfordshire 2,583 2,577 2,846
Berkshire 2,409 2,591 2,551
Buckinghamshire 3,588 3,988 4,236
Cambridgeshire 3,019 3,355 3,506

1981–82 1982–83 1983–84
Cheshire 3,566 3,879 3,900
Cleveland 1,014 967 1,055
Cornwall 2,578 2,903 3,094
Cumbria 3,146 3,428 3,955
Derbyshire 3,272 3,569 3,789
Devon 5,644 5,945 6,578
Dorset 2,695 2,994 3,289
Durham 3,075 2,991 3,101
East Sussex 1,892 2,061 2,156
Essex 6,389 6,784 7,048
Gloucestershire 2,418 2,651 2,845
Hampshire 5,328 5,399 5,341
Hereford and Worcester 2,557 2,735 2,727
Hertfordshire 3,377 3,394 3,463
Humberside 2,690 2,986 3,087
Isle of Wight 659 750 806
Kent 8,177 8,547 9,190
Lancashire 4,689 4,762 5,076
Leicestershire 3,010 3,160 3,640
Lincolnshire 3,342 3,716 3.897
Norfolk 3,835 4,424 4.897
North Yorkshire 3,772 3,783 4,602
Northamptonshire 2,353 2,512 2,721
Northumberland 1,780 1,853 2,017
Nottinghamshire 2,974 2,958 2,897
Oxfordshire 2,454 2,846 2,874
Salop 2,313 2,296 2,469
Somerset 2,379 2,504 2,803
Staffordshire 4,261 4,003 3,779
Suffolk 3,202 3,335 3,475
Surrey 4,052 4,209 4,543
Warwickshire 2,283 2,183 2,283
West Sussex 2,373 2,315 2,523
Wiltshire 2,560 2,633 2,656