§ Mr. KnoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much was spent per pupil in each shire county in England in the most recent year for which figures are available(a)in primary schools and (b) in secondary schools.
§ Mr. EggarIn 1989–90, the latest year for which figures on actual spending are available, spending per pupil in nursery and primary schools and in secondary schools for each shire county in England was as follows:
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Net institutional expenditure1 per pupil County Nursery and primary schools (£) Secondary schools (£) Avon 1,195 1,800 Bedfordshire 1,240 1,815 Berkshire 1,105 1,735 Buckinghamshire 1,170 1,850 Cambridgeshire 1,115 1,640 Cheshire 1,050 1,715 Cleveland 1,150 1,915 Cornwall 1,095 1,690 Cumbria 1,265 1,845 Derbyshire 1,230 1,975 Devon 1,095 1,705 Dorset 1,120 1,635 Durham 1,225 1,735 East Sussex 1,125 1,765 Essex 1,150 1,800 Gloucestershire 1,140 1,735 Hampshire 1,125 1,790 Hereford and Worcester 1,145 1,635 Hertfordshire 1,245 1,900 Humberside 1,265 1,760 Isle of Wight 1,125 1,575 Kent 1,030 1,565 Lancashire 1,090 1,810 Leicestershire 1,180 1,900 Lincolnshire 1,110 1,630 Norfolk 1,160 1,810 North Yorkshire 1,095 1,760 Northamptonshire 1,095 1,685 Northumberland 1,175 1,645 Nottinghamshire 1,255 1,955 Oxfordshire 1,205 1,810 Shropshire 1,160 1,855 Somerset 1,145 1,745 Staffordshire 1,155 1,790 Suffolk 1,120 1,820 Surrey 1,140 1,675 Warwickshire 1,140 1,770 West Sussex 1,145 1,745 Wiltshire 1,125 1,700 Notes:
- 1. Net institutional expenditure covers the direct costs in schools of salaries and wages, premises and certain supplies and services. It does not include the costs of school meals, home to school transport, LEA central administration, and financing costs of capital expenditure.
- 2. The figures in the tables are derived from local education authorities' returns of their spending to the Department of the Environment and of their pupil numbers to the Department of Education and Science.
- 3. Spending on Nursery and primary schools is not collected separately.