§ Baroness Davidasked Her Majesty's Government:
How much expenditure was provided per pupil for text and library books at (a) primary; (b) secondary; and (c) further education levels in each local education authority in (i) England; (ii) Wales; (iii) Scotland; and (iv) Northern Ireland in 1991–92.
§ The Minister of State, Department for Education (Baroness Blatch)The available information on local education authorities' spending on books and equipment in primary (including nursery) schools, secondary schools and maintained colleges of further education in 1991–92 is shown in the table. The table shows combined figures for books and equipment because not all authorities' returns identify separately spending on books. The figures may not be comparable between LEAs because of differing local accounting practices.
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Expenditure per FTE pupil/student on books and equipment in1991–92 by LEA/Board of Education (£) Nursery and primary Secondary Further Further England Corporation of London 52 n/a n/a Camden 62 92 135 Greenwich 21 36 51 Hackney 43 47 72 Hammersmith and Fulham 52 64 345 Islington 76 93 18 Kensington and Chelsea 115 221 30 Lambeth 17 30 132 Lewisham 15 32 42 Southwark 54 82 416 Tower Hamlets 89 109 100 Wandsworth 74 136 148 City of Westminster 101 112 45 Barking 56 114 138 Barnet 55 103 120 Bexley 44 112 190 Brent 52 107 347 Bromley 43 104 104 Croydon 51 90 140 Ealing 48 99 145 Enfield 44 80 20 Haringey 14 11 170 Harrow 77 129 69 Havering 59 122 233 Hillingdon 43 81 68 Hounslow 69 106 258 Kingston upon Thames 59 113 195 Merton 47 72 280 Newham 64 99 244 Redbridge 74 129 56 Richmond upon Thames 70 88 79 Sutton 46 67 115 Waltham Forest 33 67 191 Birmingham 32 86 195 Coventry 42 63 348 Dudley 36 54 76 Sandwell 15 17 63 Solihull 50 101 206 Walsall 45 96 277 Wolverhampton 50 95 167 Knowsley 60 120 244 Liverpool 32 59 130 St. Helens 41 70 278 Sefton 41 102 150 Wirral 28 81 342 Bolton 56 100 59 Bury 39 61 264 Manchester 48 88 287
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Nursery and Primary Secondary Further education Oldham 50 72 186 Rochdale 40 76 109 Salford 39 73 97 Stockport 64 130 228 Tameside 39 73 127 Trafford 58 90 236 Wigan 50 98 185 Barnsley 65 88 136 Doncaster 0 0 223 Rotherham 37 52 128 Sheffield 42 83 176 Bradford 48 68 248 Calderdale 70 74 143 Kirklees 37 10 149 Leeds 42 60 189 Wakefield 46 78 343 Gateshead 58 106 92 Newcastle upon Tyne 44 84 250 North Tyneside 33 76 91 South Tyneside 40 67 74 Sunderland 81 114 186 Isles of Scilly 88 9 n/a Avon 59 104 149 Bedfordshire 62 106 254 Berkshire 69 129 312 Buckinghamshire 54 86 116 Cambridgeshire 55 96 196 Cheshire 51 84 201 Cleveland 42 94 199 Cornwall 37 72 224 Cumbria 34 59 310 Derbyshire 39 98 262 Devon 74 97 123 Dorset 62 107 344 Durham 56 105 209 East Sussex 69 107 160 Essex 54 110 185 Gloucestershire 48 84 197 Hampshire 85 109 235 Hereford and Worcester 73 104 170 Hertfordshire 21 30 185 Humberside 76 117 368 Isle of Wight 59 90 273 Kent 57 95 65 Lancashire 59 99 85 Leicestershire 81 136 264 Lincolnshire 69 133 225 Norfolk 48 82 196 North Yorkshire 60 109 295 Northamptonshire 65 116 202 Northumberland 48 66 384 Nottinghamshire 56 108 149 Oxfordshire 58 101 336 Shropshire 65 126 222 Somerset 59 52 278 Staffordshire 51 110 307
Nursery and Primary Secondary Further education Suffolk 162 165 320 Surrey 66 103 282 Warwickshire 28 83 344 West Sussex 64 80 273 Wiltshire 68 93 260 Wales Clwyd 32 113 251 Dyfed 43 74 283 Gwent 67 98 212 Gwynedd 60 113 340 Mid-Glamorgan 75 162 371 Powys 30 53 157 South Glamorgan 51 95 240 West Glamorgan 47 90 295 Scotland Borders 52 131 217 Central 36 103 312 Dumfries and Galloway 72 129 412 Fife 30 91 430 Grampian 50 115 153 Highland 68 120 234 Lothian 34 82 280 Strathclyde 33 93 221 Tayside 35 111 258 Orkney 38 101 n/a Shetland 66 240 794 Western Isles 20 36 12 Northern Ireland Belfast 23 57 57 North East 23 41 83 South East 30 54 71 Southern 28 53 59 Western 30 63 81 Notes to Table
1. In Wales, both higher and further education colleges were funded by LEAs in 1991–92.
2. n/a indicates that the LEA has no secondary schools/FE colleges.
3. Doncaster LEA submitted a nil return on books and equipment on their expenditure returns to the DoE.
4. Figures for England are derived from LEAs' returns of their spending to the Department of the Environment and of their pupil numbers to the Department for Education. Figures for Scotland and Wales are derived from LEAs' returns to the Scottish Office and the Welsh Office.
5. Figures for Northern Ireland are taken from the Education and Library Boards' audited accounts for 1991–92. "Secondary Schools" includes all Secondary and Controlled Grammar Schools, funded by the Education and Library boards. Voluntary Grammar Schools and Grant Maintained Integrated Schools funded directly by DENI have been excluded.