HC Deb 15 April 1986 vol 95 cc352-3W
Mr. D. E. Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the expenditure per pupil on school books in each of the local education authorities in Wales in (a)the primary sector and (b) the secondary sector in the last year for which figures are available and in each year since 1979 at constant prices.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

Figures for expenditure on books, including equipment and materials, are given in the following table:

1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85*
Gwent 8.9 12.8 14.9 19.1 18.2 18.1
Gwynedd 10.9 13.1 12.6 14.9 15.8 15.5
Mid Glamorgan 12.5 13.6 20.0 16.1 19.6 15.9
Powys 12.8 11.8 19.6 22.2 22.7 22.1
South Glamorgan 13.3 14.1 16.6 17.1 18.8 16.9
West Glamorgan 17.4 18.8 19.0 23.4 23.3 19.9
£'s at 1984–85 prices†
Clwyd 17.6 18.9 20.7 20.2 21.9 20.6
Dyfed 22.3 21.0 25.3 21.4 20.3 16.8
Gwent 13.5 16.4 17.3 20.8 19.0 18.1
Gwynedd 16.6 16.8 14.7 16.2 16.5 15.5
Mid Glamorgan 19.0 17.4 23.3 17.5 20.4 15.9
Powys 19.5 15.1 22.8 24.1 23.6 22.1
South Glamorgan 20.2 18.0 19.3 18.6 19.6 16.9
West Glamorgan 26.5 24.1 22.1 25.5 24.3 19.9
£'s at outturn prices
Expenditure per secondary pupil:
Clwyd 20.0 25.2 32.3 33.4 46.6 44.0
Dyfed 21.4 22.3 28.8 33.6 33.6 30.0
Gwent 20.5 25.6 30.0 33.6 37.3 45.2
Gwynedd 21.2 26.0 28.4 30.7 34.8 46.3
Mid Glamorgan 23.9 26.3 24.0 30.9 33.9 36.5
Powys 25.1 23.1 35.7 36.7 35.3 61.0
South Glamorgan 23.8 26.1 28.6 32.3 33.6 32.0
West Glamorgan 27.5 24.4 26.4 39.2 42.6 40.5
£'s at 1984–85 prices†
Clwyd 30.4 32.3 37.6 36.3 48.5 44.0
Dyfed 32.5 28.5 33.5 36.5 35.0 30.0
Gwent 31.2 32.8 34.9 36.5 38.8 45.2
Gwynedd 32.2 33.3 33.1 33.4 36.2 46.3
Mid Glamorgan 36.3 33.7 27.9 33.6 35.3 36.5
Powys 38.2 29.6 41.6 39.9 36.8 61.0
South Glamorgan 36.2 33.4 33.3 35.1 35.0 32.0
West Glamorgan 41.8 31.2 30.7 42.6 44.4 40.5
* Provisional.
† Outturn prices deflated to 1984–85 prices using the GDP deflator.

Mr. Barry Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how much was spent per pupil in primary schools in Wales in each year from 1978–79 to 1985–86 in cash terms and real terms.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

The available information is as follows:

Expenditure per pupil (£'s)*
At outturn prices At 1984–85 prices (†)
1978–79 384 682
1979–80 446 678
1980–81 572 732
1981–82 650 756
1982–83 714 777
1983–84 758 789
‡ 1984–85 774 774
* Net recurrent institutional costs.
† Outturn prices deflated to 1984–85 prices using the GDP deflator.
‡ Provisional.

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