§ Mr. Nicholas BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list all local education authorities in Wales in rank order of expenditure per secondary pupil per year, starting with the highest spending authority, together with their position in the table of examination results for school leavers achieving grades A to C at GCSE in 1988 and 1989.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe information in respect of 1987–88 is shown in the following table:
Expenditure per secondary school pupil (£) (1987–88 financial year) Examination result position (1987–88 academic year)1 West Glamorgan 1,713 6 Gwent 1,535 7 Powys 1,534 1 Dyfed 1,470 5 Gwynedd 1,469 2 Clwyd 1,431 3 Mid Glamorgan 1,426 8 South Glamorgan 1,402 4 Examination information for 1988–89 is not yet available. 1 Ranked in order of the percentage of the 1988 school leavers achieving one or more grades A-C at GCSE, A-C at 'O' level or CSE grade 1.