HC Deb 15 April 1994 vol 241 cc336-7W
Mr. Byers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much was spent by each local education authority outside London on books and equipment in 1992–93 prices in(a) 1979-80 and (b) 1992–93.

Mr. Robin Squire

The information is given in the table.

Total expenditure on books and equipment by Outside London LEAs, in 1992–93 prices
LEA 1979–80(£000) 1992–93(£000)
Birmingham 12,813 17,895
Coventry 6,291 15,116
Dudley 2,094 3,027
LEA 1979–80 (£000) 1992–93 (£000)
Sandwell 4,056 2,738
Solihull 1,899 3,505
Walsall 3,177 4,730
Wolverhampton 5,007 2,975
Knowsley 2,058 2,832
Liverpool 8,623 4,921
St. Helens 1,745 13,094
Sefton 3,068 4,316
Wirral 3,706 5,122
Bolton 3,385 13,666
Bury 1,958 12,593
Manchester 12,238 7,904
Oldham 2,511 3,891
Rochdale 2,394 2,221
Salford 2,994 1,316
Stockport 2,928 5,586
Tameside 2,405 3,120
Trafford 2,112 12,884
Wigan 3,738 5,723
Barnsley 2,476 4,645
Doncaster 4,011 143
Rotherham 2,453 3,999
Sheffield 9,369 7,397
Bradford 5,354 8,422
Calderdale 1,915 2,886
Kirklees 5,678 9,193
Leeds 9,236 9,499
Wakefield 3,137 14,428
Gateshead 2,359 2,797
Newcastle upon Tyne 5,464 3,588
North Tyneside 1,973 12,590
South Tyneside 2,820 2,656
Sunderland 5,812 5,422
Isles of Scilly 12 5
Avon 10,140 17,988
Bedfordshire 7,316 12,347
Berkshire 7,949 17,118
Buckinghamshire 6,236 11,552
Cambridgeshire 7,250 11,153
Cheshire 9,345 12,276
Cleveland 7,111 110,691
Cornwall 4,949 8,311
Cumbria 5,002 6,574
Derbyshire 8,907 12,914
Devon 10,954 18,741
Dorset 5,957 9,024
Durham 5,283 8,660
East Susex 10,103 10,087
Essex 5,403 20,296
Gloucestershire 5,318 7,952
Hampshire 16,538 26,957
Hereford and Worcester 7,163 10,782
Hertfordshire 15,666 7,030
Humberside 10,619 21,141
Isle of Wight 1,629 2,117
Kent 17,317 7,088
Lancashire 15,343 125,623
Leicestershire 12,910 25,876
Lincolnshire 5,124 9,693
Norfolk 8,474 8,153
North Yorkshire 7,064 15,476
Northamptonshire 6,205 11,000
Northumberland 3,552 4,113
Nottinghamshire 13,315 15,973
Oxfordshire 8,080 11,602
Shropshire 3,848 1,110
Somerset 4,340 8,400
Staffordshire 14,434 17,330
Suffolk 6,115 20,396
Surrey 7,714 9,884
Warwickshire 4,532 14,351
West Sussex 6,721 12,693
Wiltshire 5,657 11,709
1 Indicates a provisional figure for 1992–93.