§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the level of capital spending per pupil per annum at constant prices at(a) grant-maintained and (b) local authority schools in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe latest available information on outturn expenditure and pupil numbers implies per capita expenditure on grant-maintained, voluntary aided and local authority schools as in the table. The figures are in 1993–94 prices.
Grant maintained schools £ Local authority schools £ Voluntary aided schools £ 1984–85 — 86.6 49.3 1985–86 — 88.6 59.0 1986–87 — 95.0 50.0 1987–88 — 102.4 55.7 1988–89 — 127.1 70.4 1989–90 157.2 144.7 88.1 1990–91 203.4 125.9 90.5 1991–92 104.3 122.1 84.5 1992–93 108.3 117.6 102.1 1993–94 157.6 N/A 100.7 (1) It is not possible to make a direct comparison between per pupil expenditure at local authority, voluntary aided and grant maintained schools because of the differences in the capital spending regimes under which the three types of school operate. For example, grant-maintained and voluntary schools are liable to VAT whereas local authority schools are outside the scope of VAT.