HC Deb 20 April 1993 vol 223 cc58-60W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Education when he expects to have available details of the unit cost per pupil in each local education authority for 1991–92 for(a) nursery, (b) primary and (c) secondary pupils.

Mr. Forth

Figures for expenditure on nursery and primary pupils are not collected separately. The table gives the unit cost for nursery and primary combined, and secondary pupils by local education authority for 1991–92 for those English LEAs that have returned details of their expenditure to the Department of the Environment. The figures are subject to final checking by the Department of the Environment and the Department for Education.

Unit cost per pupil in each LEA in England 1991–92 (£)
Local Education Authority Nursery/ Primary Secondary
City 2,595 0
Camden 1,943 2,432
Greenwich 1,830 2,296
Hackney n/a n/a
Hammersmith 2,047 2,739
Islington n/a n/a
Kensington and Chelsea 2,287 3,200
Lambeth 2,083 2,978
Lewisham 1,717 2,376
Southwark 1,828 2,460
Tower Hamlets 2,253 2,946
Wandsworth 2,174 3,215
Westminster 3,544 2,579
Barking 1,528 2,247
Barnet 1,654 2,295
Bexley 1,372 2,097
Brent 1,573 2,477
Bromley 1,399 2,437
Croydon 1,554 2,356
Ealing 1,754 2,621
Enfield 1,607 2,287
Haringey n/a n/a
Harrow 1,646 2,376
Havering 1,375 2,234
Hillingdon 1,597 2,628
Hounslow 1,579 2,168
Kingston upon Thames 1,496 2,447
Merton 1,562 2,676
Newham 1,603 2,433
Redbridge 1,481 2,281
Richmond upon Thames 1,655 2,111
Sutton 1,448 2,221
Waltham Forest 1,603 2,609
Birmingham 1,370 2,151
Coventry 1,380 2,192
Local Education Authority Nursery/Primary Secondary
Dudley 1,416 2,137
Sandwell 1,488 2,284
Solihull 1,346 2,109
Walsall n/a n/a
Wolverhampton 1,515 2,342
Knowsley 1,435 2,271
Liverpool 1,410 2,387
St. Helens 1,302 2,073
Sefton 1,286 2,021
Wirral 1,312 2,140
Bolton 1,358 2,119
Bury 1,269 1,868
Manchester 1,399 2,293
Oldham 1,535 2,193
Rochdale 1,300 2,137
Salford 1,293 2,183
Stockport 1,334 2,122
Tameside 1,409 2,119
Trafford 1,271 2,113
Wigan 1,242 2,271
Barnsley 1,350 2,047
Doncaster 1,286 1,962
Rotherham 1,473 2,161
Sheffield 1,484 2,228
Bradford 1,628 1,804
Calderdale 1,551 2,001
Kirkless 1,384 2,036
Leeds 1,631 1,979
Wakefield 1,457 2,076
Gateshead 1,573 2,140
Newcastle upon Tyne 1,615 2,028
North Tyneside n/a n/a
South Tyneside 1,389 2,088
Sunderland 1,412 2,065
Isles of Scilly n/a n/a
Avon 1,410 2,063
Bedfordshire 1,475 2,020
Berkshire 1,480 2,165
Buckinghamshire 1,399 2,160
Cambridgeshire 1,401 2,007
Cheshire 1,329 2,094
Cleveland 1,353 2,221
Cornwall 1,380 1,944
Cumbria 1,443 2,173
Derbyshire 1,411 2,165
Devon 1,376 1,999
Dorset 1,371 1,945
Durham 1,384 2,051
East Sussex 1,388 2,067
Essex 1,324 2,111
Gloucestershire 1,379 1,811
Hampshire 1,395 2,108
Hereford and Worcester 1,446 1,955
Hertfordshire 1,472 2,175
Humberside 1,417 2,082
Isle of Wight 1,447 1,926
Kent n/a n/a
Lancashire 1,477 2,168
Leicestershire 1,444 2,210
Lincolnshire 1,330 2,096
Norfolk 1,427 2,104
North Yorkshire 1,381 2,153
Northamptonshire 1,332 1,965
Northumberland 1,455 1,942
Nottinghamshire 1,591 2,482
Oxfordshire 1,574 2,092
Shropshire 1,469 2,332
Somerset 1,322 1,927
Staffordshire 1,384 2,043
Suffolk 1,561 2,016
Surrey 1,486 2,254
Warwickshire 1,277 2,111
West Sussex 1,292 2,156
Wiltshire 1,402 2,017

Notes to tables

1. n/a indicates that returns of expenditure have not yet been received from the local education authority, or that returns are subject to follow-up inquiry.

2. Figures are derived from local education authorities' returns of their net institutional expenditure to the Department of the Environment and of their pupil numbers to the Department for Education.

3. 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, local education authority central administration, and financing costs of capital expenditure. Figures include unspent balances held by schools at the year end under local management of schools schemes.

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