HC Deb 04 February 1986 vol 91 cc116-8W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a table showing for each local authority area in England, and for England as a whole, the pupil unit costs at (a) maintained primary and (b) maintained secondary schools, respectively, for 1983–84.

Mr. Dunn

The information is given in the following table:

LEA Average net cost per pupil 1983–84 (Cash)
Primary (£) Secondary (£)
Barking 815 1,090
Barnet 830 1,190
Bexley 710 1,030
Brent 980 1,365
Bromley 760 1,095
Croydon 750 1,145
Ealing 975 1,220
Enfield 705 1,055
Haringey 1,095 1,475
Harrow 760 1,200
Havering 740 1,135
Hillingdon 825 1,190
Hounslow 900 1,150
Kingston-upon-Thames 730 1,055
Merton 780 970
Newham 950 1,340
Redbridge 745 1,125
Richmond-upon-Thames 800 1,040
Sutton 680 1,000
Waltham Forest 875 1,305
ILEA 1,215 1,760
Birmingham 665 980
Coventry 785 1,065
Dudley 650 935
Sandwell 770 1,045
Solihull 690 915
Walsall 785 1,055
Wolverhampton 815 1,070
Knowsley 770 1,140
Liverpool 830 1,105
St. Helens 675 990
Sefton 685 985
Wirral 675 990
Bolton 640 965
Bury 645 1,010
Manchester 785 1,190
Oldham 700 925
Rochdale 705 1,115
Salford 725 1,025
Stockport 670 945
Tameside 715 975
Trafford 685 965
Wigan 690 1,045
Barnsley 795 990
Doncaster 785 995
Rotherham 700 925
Sheffield 880 1,115
Bradford 745 890
Calderdale 725 940
Kirklees 675 880
Leeds 720 920
Wakefield 765 915
Gateshead 805 975
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 875 1,195
North Tyneside 780 1,060
South Tyneside 815 1,050
Sunderland 700 970
Isles of Scilly 1,065 1,360
Avon 705 1,025
Bedfordshire 745 985
Berkshire 690 980
Buckinghamshire 665 1,010
Cambridgeshire 645 940
Cheshire 680 945
Cleveland 710 1,005
Cornwall 640 915
LEA Average net cost per pupil 1983–84 (Cash)
Primary (£) Secondary (£)
Cumbria 715 990
Derbyshire 695 955
Devon 645 925
Dorset 685 930
Durham 715 905
East Sussex 690 950
Essex 645 955
Gloucestershire 660 950
Hampshire 645 930
Hereford and Worcester 655 885
Hertfordshire 695 1,020
Humberside 775 980
Isle of Wight 705 910
Kent 625 900
Lancashire 640 950
Leicestershire 725 1,030
Lincolnshire 635 940
Norfolk 680 960
North Yorkshire 710 975
Northamptonshire 670 960
Northumberland 690 925
Nottinghamshire 760 1,030
Oxfordshire 730 1,010
Salop 675 965
Somerset 630 890
Staffordshire 760 980
Suffolk 705 915
Surrey 665 990
Warwickshire 670 930
West Sussex 625 925
Wiltshire 650 945
England 730 1,015