§ Mr. MansTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the total estimated expenditure on tertiary education in all shire counties for 1990; and what was the total actual expenditure on tertiary education in all shire counties in 1985.
§ Mr. NichollsThe available information is as follows. The figures are not on a comparable basis because of changes in the definition of local authority expenditure in 1990–91 and because polytechnics were transferred from the local authority sector in 1989–90.
Actual spending on education 1985–86 £ million Estimated spending on education 1990–91 £ million Avon 213.2 n/a Bedfordshire 122.2 176.8 Berkshire 155.5 219.2 Buckinghamshire 136.2 192.0 Cambridgeshire 133.2 193.9 Cheshire 217.8 295.8 Cleveland 152.2 203.8 Cornwall 87.3 133.2 Cumbria 108.7 n/a Derbyshire 209.1 315.0 Devon 197.2 280.5 Dorset 112.2 163.6 Durham 130.3 189.0 East Sussex 124.8 164.7 Essex 314.3 442.1 Gloucestershire 106.5 153.4 Hampshire 320.1 439.3 Hereford and Worcester 133.1 190.7 Hertfordshire 223.9 315.2 Humberside 209.9 281.3 Isle of Wight 24.6 34.7 Kent 287.1 412.1 Lancashire 326.7 432.2 Leicestershire 216.5 290.8 Lincolnshire 111.4 160.1 Norfolk 136.7 202.2 Northamptonshire 128.2 179.0 Northumberland 65.9 96.3 North Yorkshire 143.6 202.9 Nottinghamshire 250.8 323.7 Oxfordshire 119.7 162.7 Shropshire 87.2 130.6 Somerset 87.4 138.3 Staffordshire 238.4 316.2 Suffolk 119.7 176.1 Surrey 181.9 252.4 Warwickshire 101.4 150.3 West Sussex 114.1 174.1 Wiltshire 110.3 n/a n/a = not available