HC Deb 12 May 1987 vol 116 c155W
Mr. Radice

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much local education authorities have spent buying places at non-special fee-charging schools in each of the last five years.

Mr. Kenneth Baker

The figures, in cash, were as follows:

£million (England only)
1981–82 30
1982–83 25
1983–84 20
1984–85 17
1985–86 14
1985–86 is the latest year for which outturn information is available.