HC Deb 20 February 1989 vol 147 cc511-2W
Mr. Butler

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will provide a table showing for(a) England and (b) Cheshire the level of expenditure in constant terms per child in (i) primary education and (ii) secondary education for each year from 1978 to the latest available year.

Mr. Butcher

The available information is given in the table:

Net institutional expenditure 1per pupil 1986–87 real terms 2
Year Primary schools Secondary schools
Cheshire£ England£ Cheshire£ England£
1978–79 685 710 1,015 1,035
1979–80 680 710 1,000 1,010
1980–81 725 765 1,065 1,075
1981–82 740 790 1,050 1,110
1982–83 760 810 1,065 1,125
1983–84 775 830 1,080 1,160
1984–85 775 830 1,100 1,185
1985–86 785 840 1,135 1,215
1986–87 810 900 1,235 1,340
1 The figures are based on LEA expenditure returns to DOE andpupil number returns to DES.
2 The cash figures for the earlier years have been repriced to1986-87 real terms using the Gross Domestic Product (Market Prices)Deflator.