§ Mr. MaxtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will set out the level of expenditure on books and equipment per child in Scotland in constant prices, in each year since 1978–79.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe information available is given in the table, which has been compiled from local426W authority financial returns. Expenditure on equipment was not separately identified in these returns until 1982–83. There has been some variation from year to year in recording expenditure under the respective headings and the figures for expenditure on books may include some expenditure on equipment and vice versa.
Expenditure per pupil on text and library books and on educational tools, equipment and materials adjusted to 1989–90 prices using the GDP deflator Year Books (£) Equipment (£) 1978–79 14.14 n/a 1979–80 14.44 n/a 1980–81 12.37 n/a 1981–82 12.22 n/a 1982–83 12.03 24.90 1983–84 15.13 21.92 1984–85 14.98 24.92 1985–86 13.55 23.11 1986–87 16.01 24.47 1987–88 12.16 29.82 1988–89 15.07 30.91