§ Mr. ButlerTo 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. ButcherThe available information is given in the table:512W
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.