§ Mr. David MarshallTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much each education authority in England spends per pupil per year on(a) textbooks, (b) materials and supplies, (c) computers, (d) video recorders, (e) video cameras, (f) television sets and (g) paper and reprographics.
§ Mrs. RumboldInformation in the form requested is not available. However, the figures in the following table show the overall expenditure on text and library books and education equipment, stationery and materials per primary and secondary pupil by each education authority in England for 1985–86.
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Expenditure (£) on books and equipment per pupil primary and secondary schools—England—1985–86 £ Barking 35.42 Barnet 37.79 49W
£ Bexley 35.42 Brent 46.28 Bromley 46.02 Croydon 39.21 Ealing 41.87 Enfield 41.43 Haringey 48.55 Harrow 41.91 Havering 44.42 Hillingdon 35.02 Hounslow 32.14 Kingston.upon.Thames 59.39 Merton n/a Newham n/a Redbridge 41.96 Richrnond-upon-Thames 33.68 Sutton 35.57 Waltham Forest 43.20 ILEA 69.38 Birmingham 22.98 Coventry 40.29 Dudley 32.49 Sandwell 31.76 Solihull 36.62 Walsall n/a Wolverhampton 36.46 Knowsley 25.34 Liverpool 22.32 St. Helens 23.94 Sefton 28.46 Wirral 39.71 Bolton 38.01 Bury 39.66 Manchester 31.77 Oldham 35.19 Rochdale 29.57 Salford 32.36 Stockport 38.26 Tameside 35.60 Trafford 32.75 Wigan 29.70 Barnsley 30.65 Doncaster 27.95 Rotherham 22.27 Sheffield 36.67 Bradford 31.99 Calderdale 28.20 Kirklees 31.12 Leeds 12.03 Wakefield 27.76 Gateshead 39.67 Newcastle-Upon-Tyne 34.77 North Tyneside 40.91 South Tyneside 36.57 Sunderland 29.75 Isles of Scilly 39.00 Avon 34.00 Bedfordshire 42.32 Berkshire 35.60 Buckinghamshire 37.54 Cambridgeshire 35.03 Cheshire 33.57 Cleveland 33.93 Cornwall 25.76 Cumbria 36.39 Derbyshire 41.70 Devon 19.54 Dorset 34.58 Durham 25.83 East Sussex 36.16 Essex 32.96 Gloucestershire 29.77 Hampshire 28.62 Hereford and Worcester 38.09 Hertfordshire 35.63 Humberside 32.80 Isle of Wight 37.62
£ Kent 31.98 Lancashire 31.83 Leicestershire 35.10 Lincolnshire 33.60 Norfolk 33.70 North Yorkshire 35.62 Northamptonshire 32.01 Northumberland 33.83 Nottinghamshire 36.22 Oxfordshire 40.05 Shropshire 26.62 Somerset 37.79 Staffordshire 39.09 Suffolk 35.73 Surrey 28.12 Warwickshire 33.68 West Sussex 37.04 Wiltshire 31.34 England 34.54 Notes:
1. Returns of expenditure for 1985–86 have not been received from Merton or Newham, and information for Walsall is not available in this form.
2. The figures are based on expenditure returns made by local authorities to the Department of the Environment and pupil number returns made to the Department of Education and Science.