HC Deb 25 April 1989 vol 151 c473W
Mr. Harry Barnes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he proposes to make additional funds available for the Derbyshire county council's capital expenditure on education as a consequence of the recent visit of a delegation to his Department; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Butcher

As I said at the meeting on 6 April, the application of our normal criteria resulted in Derbyshire receiving 52 per cent. of its submitted plans for prescribed capital expenditure in 1989–90 compared with a national average for LEAs of 34 per cent. There are no extra resources over and above those notified for distribution to LEAs for the financial year 1989–90.

Mr. Harry Barnes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much money was spent per pupil in Derbyshire in(a) special education, (b) primary schools, (c) secondary schools and (d) tertiary education from each of the years from 1978–79 to the last year for which figures are available.

Mr. Butcher

The available information is given in the table:

Net institutional expenditure1 per pupil2
Primary £ Secondary £ Special £
1978–79 340 490 n/a
1979–80 395 565 n/a
1980–81 500 705 2,445
1981–82 575 795 2,985
1982–83 635 870 3,305
1983–84 690 950 3,450
1984–85 730 1,020 3,855
1985–86 780 1,125 5,060
1986–87 875 1,305 5,495
1987–88 3990 1,530 6,220
1 Net institutional expenditure includes the cost of salaries and wages, premises and certain supplies and services. It does not include the cost of school meals, central administration and inspection, debt charges or revenue contributions to capital outlay.
2 The figures are based on LEA expenditure returns to DoE and pupil number returns to DES.
3 The figure for 1987–88 includes nursery school pupils.

Separate figures are not available for tertiary education which forms a part of further education.