Doncaster (Books Expenditure)

HC Deb 20 February 1989 vol 147 cc510-1W

Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the total expenditure on text and library books in the Doncaster local education authority for(a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools at the end of each year since 1978–79 in cash terms and in real terms, using 1987–88 prices; and what were those figures as a percentage of the national average.

Mr. Butcher

The available information is given in the table:

Expenditure on text and library books1—Doncaster
	Primary schools	Secondary schools
	Cash terms £000s	1987–88 real terms2 £000s	Proportion of England total Percentage	Cash terms £000s	1987–88 real terms2 £000s	Proportion of England total Percentage
1979–80	132.5	232.7	0.7	198.2	348.0	0.7
1980–81	135.1	200.3	0.6	173.7	257.5	0.6
1981–82	144.8	195.4	0.6	215.7	291.1	0.7
1982–83	158.4	199.5	0.6	253.9	319.8	0.7
1983–84	144.1	173.5	0.5	243.9	293.9	0.7
1984–85	128.3	147.1	0.5	235.5	270.0	0.7
1985–86	168.0	182.7	0.6	240.5	261.7	0.7
1986–87	178.3	187.8	0.6	306.7	322.9	0.7
1 The figures are based on LEA expenditure returns to DOE.
2 The cash figures for the earlier years have been repriced using the Gross Domestic Product (Market Prices) Deflator.