HC Deb 23 March 1989 vol 149 cc745-7W
Mr. McLeish

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the spending on books(a) per primary pupil and (b) per secondary pupil in Scotland in current prices for 1978–79 and 1987–88.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave him on 16. January at columns67–70 and the corrected tables accompanying my letter to him of 9 March.

Annex A
Table 1
Expenditure per pupil on text and library books and on educational tools, equipment and materials at outturn prices
(£)
Books Educational tools, equipment and materials
Primary Secondary Primary Secondary
1978–79 4.54 8.31 n/a n/a
1979–80 5.49 9.61 n/a n/a
1980–81 5.84 9.29 n/a n/a
1981–82 6.54 9.77 n/a n/a
1982–83 7.03 10.03 8.18 27.33
1983–84 8.99 13.35 7.28 25.36
1984–85 9.55 13.83 8.91 30.09
1985–86 8.91 13.47 8.33 30.26
1986–87 10.93 16.67 8.92 33.85
1987–88 9.25 12.93 11.71 44.42
Table 2
Expenditure per pupil on text and library books and on educational tools, equipment and materials adjusted to 1987–88 prices using the GDP deflator
(£)
Books Educational tools, equipment and materials
Primary Secondary Primary Secondary
1978–79 9.32 17.05 n/a n/a
1979–80 9.64 16.87 n/a n/a
1980–81 8.66 13.77 n/a n/a
1981–82 8.83 13.20 n/a n/a
1982–83 8.85 12.63 10.30 34.42
1983–84 10.83 16.08 8.77 30.55
1984–85 10.95 15.86 10.22 34–50
1985–86 9.69 14.65 9.06 32.92
1986–87 11.51 17.55 9.39 35.64
1987–88 9.25 12.93 11.71 44.42
Table 3: Expenditure per pupil on text and library books at outturn prices expressed as an index with 1978–79= 100
Year Primary Secondary
1978–79 100.0 100.0
1979–80 120.9 115.6
1980–81 128.6 111.8
1981–82 144.1 117.6
1982–83 154.8 120.7
1983–84 198.0 160.6
1984–85 210.4 166.4
1985–86 196.3 162.1
1986–87 240.7 200.6
1987–88 203.7 155.6
Table 4: Expenditure per pupil on text and library books adjusted to 1987–88 prices using the GDP deflator, expressed as an index with1978–79= 100
Year Primary Secondary
1978–79 100.0 100.0
1979–80 103.4 98.9
1980–81 92.9 80.8
1981–82 94.7 77.4
1982–83 95.0 79.9
1983–84 116.2 94.3
1984–85 117.5 93.0
1985–86 104.0 85.9
86–87 123.5 102.9
1987–88 99.2 75–8
Annex B
Expenditure on text and library books
Year Primary Secondary Primary Secondary
at outturn prices at 1987–88 prices
1978–79 2.584 3.411 5.302 6.999
1979–80 2.994 3.944 5.257 6.925
1980–81 3.026 3–790 4.486 5.618
1981–82 3.222 3.953 4.348 5.334
1982–83 3.290 4.004 4.444 5.043
1983–84 4.027 5.214 4.851 6.281
1984–85 4.178 5.173 4.791 5.931
1985–86 3.882 4.857 4.223 5.284
1986–87 4.734 5.740 4.984 6.043
1987–88 3.986 4.230 3.986 4.230

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