HC Deb 13 February 1989 vol 147 cc7-8W
Mr. Nicholas Bennett

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list all local education authorities in Wales in rank order of expenditure per secondary pupil per year, starting with the highest spending authority, together with their position in the table of examination results for school leavers achieving five or more O-levels at grades A to C or CSE grade 1 in the latest available year for which figures are available and in which these examinations were sat.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

The information requested is available for the 1986–87 financial and academic years and is as follows:

Expenditure per secondary school pupil (£) Examination result position1
West Glamorgan 1,507 4
Gwent 1,363 6
Powys 1,332 1
Gwynedd 1,296 7
Dyfed 1,283 2
Clwyd 1,282 5
Mid Glamorgan 1,268 8
South Glamorgan 1,268 3
1 Ranked in order of the percentage of school leavers with five or more O levels at grade A to C or CSE grade 1.