§ Mr. AmosTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the per capita spending for primary and secondary school pupils in Northumberland, 247W and the average per capita spending for all pupils, in 1979, 1987, and the latest year for which figures arc available; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. FallonThe latest year for which actual spending information is available is 1989–90. Average school-based expenditure figures per nursery, primary and secondary pupil in Northumberland and for England as a whole are shown in the table.
The real-terms increases in per pupil spending between 1979–80 and 1989–90 were 41 per cent. in Northumberland and 44 per cent. for England. Most Government support for local authorities is by way of unhypothecated revenue support grant. It is then for each local authority to determine how to allocate its spending between schools and other services.
Net institutional expenditure1 per pupil Northumberland England average Year Cash £ 1989–90 prices2 £ Cash £ 1989–90 prices2 £ 1979–80 515 1,030 515 1,030 1987–88 1,210 1,380 1,240 1,420 1989–90 1,450 1,450 1,485 1,485 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 cost of school meals, home to school transport, LEA central administration, and financing costs of capital expenditure. 2 Figures for 1979–80 and 1987–88 have been repriced to 1989–90 prices using the GDP (Market Prices) Deflator index. Note: The figures are derived from LEAs' returns of their spending to the Department of the Environment and of their pupil numbers to the Department of Education and Science. Figures include nursery schools, information for which is not identified separately from that for primary schools.
§ Mr. AmosTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will list the number of primary and secondary teachers in Northumberland in 1979, 1987 and for the latest year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement;
(2) if he will list the pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary and secondary schools in Northumberland, and the average ratio for all pupils in 1979, 1987 and for the latest year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. FallonInformation on the pupil-teacher ratios and the number of full-time equivalent teachers in maintained primary and secondary schools in Northumberland local education authority for the years 1979, 1987 and 1991 are given in the table.
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Northumberland local education authority Year 1 Full-time equivalent teachers 2 "Within school" pupil-teacher ratios 3 Overall pupil-teacher ratios Primary Secondary Primary Secondary 1979 926 1,770 23.4 17.5 18.3 1987 832 1,765 13.1 16.3 17.8 1991 830 1,684 23.5 16.7 17.4 1 Qualified teachers in schools only. 2 The "within schools" PTRs are calculated using full-time equivalent numbers of qualified teachers in schools and full-time equivalent pupil numbers. 3 The overall PTRs arc calculated using full-time equivalent pupil numbers and the full-time equivalent of all teachers employed by the LEA in maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools. This
includes qualified teachers (including those not in schools and teachers providing short-term cover) as well as unqualified teachers such as student teachers, instructors and licensed teachers.