HC Deb 12 April 1988 vol 131 cc15-7W
Mr. Oppenheim

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the per capita spending on primary and secondary education in each local education authority.

Mr. Dunn

The latest information available on actual expenditure is for the financial year 1986–87. The net institutional expenditure per pupil in primary and secondary schools in each local education authority is set out in the table. The figures include the cost of salaries and wages, premises and certain supplies and services. They do not include the cost of school meals, central administration and inspection, debt charges and revenue contributions to capital outlay.

Expenditure per pupil 1986–87
LEA Primary schools Secondary schools
£ £
Barking 1,010 1,470
Barnet 1,060 1,510
Bexley 915 1,370
Brent 1,105 1,805
Bromley 925 1,420
Croydon 935 1,535
Ealing 1,135 1,650
Enfield 890 1,380
Haringey1 n/a n/a
Harrow 1,020 1,600
Havering 905 1,510
Hillingdon 1,000 1,520
Hounslow1 n/a n/a
Kingston-upon-Thames 915 1,530
Merton 950 1,325
Newham1 n/a n/a
Redbridge 935 1,465
Richmond-upon-Thames 1,000 1,330
Sutton 855 1,300
Waltham Forest 1,095 1,915
ILEA 1,465 2,350
Birmingham 835 1,345
Coventry 910 1,486
Dudley 830 1,350
Sand well 960 1,410
Solihull 845 1,280
Walsall 970 1,430
Wolverhampton 985 1,395
Knowsley 960 1,515
Liverpool 980 1,445
St. Helens 860 1,340
Sefton 800 1,275
Wirral 815 1,280
Bolton 780 1,230
Bury 795 1,340
Manchester 1,020 1,660
Oldham 870 1,255
Rochdale 850 1,460
Salford 840 1,385
Stockport 805 1,270
Tameside 910 1,325
Trafford 855 1,315
Wigan 860 1,460
Barnsley 925 1,325
Doncaster 980 1,325
Rotherham 890 1,230
Sheffield 1,060 1,490
Bradford 945 1,235
Calderdale 895 1,330
Kirklees 875 1,250
Leeds 905 1,230
Wakefield 955 1,290
Gateshead 980 1,360
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1,020 1,530
North Tyneside 995 1,455
South Tyneside 965 1,430
Sunderland 85 1,305
Avon 850 1,310
Bedfordshire 875 1,250
Berkshire 845 1,280
Buckinghamshire 845 1,320
Cambridgeshire 815 1,205
Cheshire 810 1,235
Cleveland 895 1,365
Cornwall 795 1,175
Cumbria 915 1,315
Derbyshire 875 1,305
Devon 800 1,225
Dorset 870 1,190
Durham 920 1,225
East Sussex 825 1,235
Essex 820 1,250
Gloucestershire 835 1,260
Hampshire 825 1,220

LEA Primary schools Secondary schools
£ £
Hereford and Worcester 815 1,180
Hertfordshire 870 1,350
Humberside 920 1,270
Isle of Wight 785 1,150
Kent 760 1,145
Lancashire 780 1,255
Leicestershire 885 1,390
Lincolnshire 795 1,185
Norfolk 850 1,230
North Yorkshire 850 1,240
Northamptonshire 815 1,250
Northumberland 840 1,230
Nottinghamshire 935 1,365
Oxfordshire 905 1,350
Shropshire 850 1,285
Somerset 780 1,195
Staffordshire 880 1,255
Suffolk 830 1,165
Surrey 820 1,260
Warwickshire 845 1,220
West Sussex 785 1,220
Wiltshire 850 1,230
England 895 1,340
1Expenditure returns have not been submitted by LEAs thus marked.

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