§ Mr. Chopeasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the average cost per annum of each pupil with a boarding place at a maintained sector secondary school.
§ Mr. DunnInformation to provide an answer to this question is not collected routinely. However, a special exercise carried out some years ago by a departmental working group indicated that the average gross cost of a maintained sector boarding place was £1,805 in 1977–78.