§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how much(a) capital and (b) revenue money has been spent by local education authority schools; and how many pupils attended a local education authority school in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe latest available information on spending and pupil numbers at LEA-maintained schools is given in the table.
Recurrent spending (£ million) Capital spending (£ million) Pupil numbers (Thousands) 1982–83 6,543 291 7,641 1983–84 6,864 316 7,457 1984–85 7,128 330 7,688 1985–86 7,519 355 7,180 1986–87 8,277 364 7,056 1987–88 9,070 432 6,930 1988–89 9,853 565 6,856 1989–90 10,726 688 6,831 1990–91 11,728 648 6,853 1991–92 12,714 670 6,869 1992–93 — 640 6,867 Notes:
1. Information on recurrent spending since 1991–92 is not yet
Maintained schools Independent schools Number of school leavers (000s) Percentage intending to enter Degree or Teacher Training Number of school leavers (000s) Percentage intending to enter Degree or Teacher Training 1981–82 70.67 6.7 44.4 36.9 1982–83 721.8 6.4 43.7 33.3 1983–84 708.6 6.3 44.2 33.9 1984–85 691.0 6.2 45.2 33.2 1985–86 673.6 6.2 44.6 32.7 1986–87 671.2 6.3 44.8 30.1 1987–88 614.8 7.2 41.2 37.4 1988–89 571.0 8.1 46.7 34.9 1989–90 535.0 9.9 43.1 46.5 1990–91 494.1 11.4 47.7 45.7 1991–92 474.4 13.0 44.8 53.6