§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will set out, at 1978–79 prices, for each year since 1978–79, expenditure by each local education authority on the school meal service.
§ Mr. FallonThe readily available information is shown in the table. The latest year for which information on actual expenditure is available is 1989–90. Information for earlier years could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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Net recurrent expenditure1 on school meals and milk2, 1989–90 LEA Net recurrent expenditure £000 Barking 1,036 Barnet 1,511 Bexley 1,269 Brent 2,581 Bromley 1,472 Croydon 1,615 Ealing 4,695 Enfield 1,983 Haringey n/a Harrow 815 Havering 1,602 Hillingdon 2,105 Hounslow n/a Kingston-upon-Thames 1,211 Merton 543 Newham 2,927 Redbridge 1,448 Richmond upon Thames 939 Sutton 1,283 Waltham Forest 2,137 ILEA 39,400 Birmingham 11,276 Coventry 2,971 Dudley 3,174 Sandwell 3,511 Solihull 1,274 Walsall 4,966 Wolverhampton 2,598 Knowsley 4,307 Liverpool 7,354 St. Helens 1,824 Sefton 3,135 Wirral 3,419 Bolton 3,445 Bury 1,265 Manchester n/a Oldham 215 Rochdale 2,567 Salford 2,967 Stockport 2,020 Tameside 1,941 Trafford 1,539 Wigan 2,596 Barnsley 2,873 Doncaster 3,717 Rotherham 1,549 Sheffield 4,054 Bradford 6,221 Calderdale 1,690 Kirklees 4,159 Leeds 6,381 Wakefield n/a
LEA Net recurrent expenditure £000 Gateshead 1,902 Newcastle Upon Tyne 4,663 North Tyneside n/a South Tyneside 1,864 Sunderland 2,690 Avon 8,516 Bedfordshire 4,370 Berkshire 2,010 Buckinghamshire 2,186 Cambridgeshire 2,679 Cheshire 6,172 Cleveland 9,051 Cornwall 2,423 Cumbria 3,148 Derbyshire 14,912 Devon 7,785 Dorset 1,642 Durham 7,503 East Sussex 4,464 Essex 6,579 Gloucestershire 2,844 Hampshire 6,779 Herefordshire and Worcestershire 1,393 Hertfordshire 4,950 Humberside 9,884 Isle of Wight 749 Isles of Scilly 22 Kent 6,327 Lancashire 12,795 Leicestershire 5,977 Lincolnshire 1,978 Norfolk 4,031 North Yorkshire 4,538 Northamptonshire 3,903 Northumberland 3,552 Nottinghamshire 10,312 Oxfordshire 2,445 Shropshire 3,331 Somerset 3,115 Staffordshire 4,887 Suffolk 1,402 Surrey 2,689 Warwickshire 3,284 West Sussex 2,589 Wiltshire 3,625 Notes:
1 Recurrent expenditure, less income from paid meals and from EC grants, at 1989–90 prices.
2 Figures for expenditure on school meals and school milk are not collected separately.
3 n/a indicates that a spending return was not received from the authority.