Expenditure in Schools

HC Deb 29 April 1991 vol 190 cc62-3W

Ms. Richardson

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing the expenditure per pupil on (i) books and (ii) equipment in(a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in cash and real terms since 1976.

Sir Wyn Roberts

Local authority expenditure per pupil on text books, library books, educational equipment, stationery and materials in primary and secondary schools since 1976–77 is shown in the table. Reliable information on text books and equipment is not separately available.

	Primary1	Secondary
	cash	constant prices2	cash	constant prices2
1976–77	9.3	27.4	16.9	49.8
1977–78	10.2	26.5	18.0	46.7
1978–79	11.9	27.8	20.9	48.9
1979–80	12.7	25.5	22.8	45.7
1980–81	14.6	24.7	25.2	42.7
1981–82	16.2	25.0	28.4	43.9
1982–83	18.5	26.7	33.5	48.3
1983–84	19.8	27.3	37.4	51.6
1984–85	17.9	23.5	39.9	52.4
1985–86	20.0	24.9	41.3	51.4
1986–87	22.5	27.1	57.4	69.1
1987–88	23.9	27.3	58.2	66.4
1988–89	25.3	26.9	64.4	68.5
1 Primary includes nursery schools.
2 Cash prices revalued to 1989–90 prices using the GDP deflator.