HC Deb 09 July 1990 vol 176 cc34-5W
Mr. Win Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what is the cost in each London education authority of providing a school place for each child between five and 11 years of age; and what is the additional cost deemed necessary for each child with special needs in(a) a special school and (b) an integrated unit of a school for children under 11 years;

(2) what is the cost in each London education authority of providing a place for each student between 11 and 18 years; and what additional cost is deemed necessary for each child with special needs in (a) a special school and (b) integrated unit in a secondary school.

Mrs. Rumbold

The available information is contained in the table. It shows net institutional expenditure for each type of school in 1988–89. Local education authority expenditure returns to the Department of the Environment do not give separate figures for the education of pupils in integrated units in ordinary schools, or for different age ranges within special schools.

Local education authority2 Maintained

nursery and

primary schools

 Maintained

secondary

schools

 Maintained special schools4
£ £ £
Brent 1,375 2,305 6,945
Bromley 1,165 1,770 5,725
Croydon 1,180 2,040 5,935
Ealing 3n/a 3n/a 3n/a
Enfield 1,110 1,715 6,210
Haringey 3n/a 3n/a 3n/a
Harrow 1,115 1,740 9,795
Havering 1,095 1,860 6,475
Hillingdon 1,195 1,870 4,870
Hounslow 1,270 1,895 6,555
Kingston-upon-Thames 1,175 1,900 5,625
Merton 1,210 1,660 9,035
Newham 1,360 2,140 6,700
Redbridge 1,070 1,735 5,775
Richmond-upon-Thames 1,180 1,640 5,020
Sutton 1,095 1,630 4,990
Waltham Forest 3n/a 3n/a 3n/a
ILEA 1,610 2,510 8,820
1 Net institutional expenditure includes the costs of salaries and wages, premises and certain supplies and services. It does not include the cost of school meals, central administration and inspection, debt charges or revenue contributions to capital outlay.
2 The figures are based on LEA expenditure returns to DOE and pupil number returns to DES.
3 n/a denotes that an expenditure return has not been received from the LEA.
4 Spending on special schools will vary according to the learning difficulties catered for, the pupils' disabilities, and the pattern of provision in each LEA.

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