§ Mr. AmosTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a list of local education authority expenditure per capita, together with their position of relative examination success, for the past five years for which figures are available.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe information gives the average cost per secondary school pupil for the financial year 1986–87; and the three-year average, over the academic years 1984–85, 1985–86 and 1986–87, of the proportion of school leavers who attained five or more higher grades at O-level/CSE. The latter figures are drawn from a 10 per cent. sample of pupils at each school. Sampling error is a major consideration where information in respect of individual local education authorities is concerned. While presentation of the figures in the form of a three-year average may help to mitigate the effects of sampling error, information presented over five individual years, as requested, would be subject to excessive fluctuation for valid year to year comparisons.
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Examination results: average over the academic years 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87 Local education authorities Expenditure per pupil (£) in the financial year 1986–87 Percentage of school leavers attaining 5+ higher grades at O-level/CSE Ranking Brent 1,805 19.1 74 Bromley 1,420 30.5 10 Croydon 1,535 22.9 52 Ealing 1,650 19.6 68 Enfield 1,380 23.7 45 Haringey n.a. 17.3 83 Harrow 1,600 37.8 2 Havering 1,510 23.9 44 Hillingdon 1,520 21.2 62 Hounslow 1,505 21.5 61 Kingston-upon-Thames 1,530 34.8 3 Merton 1,325 24.9 37 Newham n.a. 12.4 93 Redbridge 1,465 25.6 32 Richmond-upon-Thames 1,330 26.5 25 Sutton 1,300 34.4 4 Waltham Forest 1,915 11.0 94 Birmingham 1,345 16.9 85 Coventry 1,485 19.9 67 Dudley 1,350 21.5 59 Sandwell 1,410 13.4 92 Solihull 1,280 29.4 11 Walsall 1,430 19.1 73 Wolverhampton 1,395 15.4 89 Knowsley 1,515 10.6 95 Liverpool 1,445 17.0 84 St. Helens 1,340 23.6 46 Sefton 1,275 27.0 22 Wirral 1,280 23.5 48 Bolton 1,230 24.9 36 Bury 1,340 28.4 15 Manchester 1,660 17.3 82 Oldham 1,255 16.1 87 Rochdale 1,460 20.2 64 Salford 1,385 18.9 76 Stockport 1,270 24.3 41 Tameside 1,325 23.5 47 Trafford 1,315 31.7 7 Wigan 1,460 27.2 19 Barnsley 1,325 15.7 88 Doncaster 1,325 19.2 72 Rotherham 1,230 17.4 81 Sheffield 1,490 18.9 75 Bradford 1,235 16.7 86 Calderdale 1,330 19.3 70 Kirklees 1,250 24.1 43 Leeds 1,230 21.5 58 Wakefield 1,290 15.4 90 Gateshead 1,360 18.8 77 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1,530 17.7 80 North Tyneside 1,455 21.9 57 South Tyneside 1,430 18.1 79 Sunderland 1,305 19.3 71 ILEA 2,345 15.4 91 Avon 1,310 24.7 38 Bedfordshire 1,250 25.9 29 Berkshire 1,280 27.5 18 Buckinghamshire 1,320 31.6 8 Cambridgeshire 1,205 24.4 40 Cheshire 1,235 26.6 23 Cleveland 1,355 27.5 17 Cornwall 1,175 25.5 33 Cumbria 1,315 24.2 42 Derbyshire 1,305 21.5 60 Devon 1,225 23.4 49 Dorset 1,190 28.4 16 Durham 1,225 20.0 66 East Sussex 1,235 25.7 31 Essex 1,255 25.1 35 Gloucestershire 1,260 28.6 14
Examination results: average over the academic years 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87 Local education authorities Expenditure per pupil (£) in the financial year 1986–87 Percentage of school leavers attaining 5+ higher grades at O-level/CSE Ranking Hampshire 1,220 26.0 28 Hereford and Worcester 1,180 25.7 30 Hertfordshire 1,350 28.9 13 Humberside 1,270 21.1 63 Isle of Wight 1,150 18.3 78 Kent 1,145 27.1 20 Lancashire 1,255 24.7 39 Leicestershire 1,390 22.9 51 Lincolnshire 1,185 25.3 34 Norfolk 1,230 21.9 56 North Yorkshire 1,240 31.4 9 Northamptonshire 1,250 20.0 65 Northumberland 1,230 29.0 12 Nottinghamshire 1,365 19.6 69 Oxfordshire 1,350 26.5 26 Shropshire 1,285 27.0 21 Somerset 1,195 22.2 53 Staffordshire 1,255 23.4 50 Suffolk 1,165 22.0 55 Surrey 1,260 34.4 5 Warwickshire 1,220 26.2 27 West Sussex 1,220 32.1 6 Wiltshire 1,230 22.1 54