HC Deb 19 April 1995 vol 258 cc172-3W
Ms Estelle Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will publish a table showing the total expenditure on school meal service on a per capita basis in cash and real terms for each year since 1970 until the most recent date available. [19376]

Mr. Robin Squire

The table shows the cost per pupil on expenditure on the school meal service in cash and real terms from 1976–77 to 1993–94, the latest year for which provisional outturn figures are available. Figures from 1970 to 1975–76 are not readily available and can be produced only at disproportionate cost.

Net Expenditure on School Meal Service
Unit cost cash terms £ Unit cost real terms (1994–95 prices) £
1976–77 47 172
1977–78 45 146
1978–79 48 142
1979–80 54 134
1980–81 49 103
1981–82 51 98
1982–83 54 97
1983–84 58 99
1984–85 60 98
1985–86 61 95
1986–87 65 97
1987–88 64 92
1988–89 56 75
1989–90 51 65
1990–91 53 62

School catering service in cash terms
£000
Nottingham Staffordshire Surrey Hertfordshire
Gross Expenditure Gross Income Gross Expenditure Gross Income Gross Expenditure Gross Income Gross Expenditure Gross Income
1982–83 14,589 4,881 11,726 5,162 10,652 4,992 14,431 6,075
1983–84 15,823 5,086 12,234 5,739 10,590 5,080 15,025 6,204
1984–85 15,075 4,127 11,241 5,178 10,536 5,550 14,103 6,081
1985–86 14,443 3,095 10,671 4,518 11,060 5,612 14,524 7,702
1986–87 16,308 4,922 12,431 5,711 11,450 6,177 15,879 8,707
1987–88 18,991 6,414 13,412 6,619 12,437 6,442 15,486 9,225
1988–89 19,171 7,015 13,330 7,021 10,295 7,506 15,049 9,958
1989–90 18,296 7,563 11,710 6,596 10,444 7,643 16,433 10,895
1990–91 14,410 6,938 12,422 7,750 8,881 5,256 16,505 10,555
1991–92 n/a n/a 14,764 8,230 9,890 5,490 18,556 9,847
1992–93 19,059 7,560 14,803 8,944 13,850 8,155 18,214 9,785
1993–941 18,654 7,678 16,200 8,674 11,562 n/a n/a 4,110
1Provisional n/a—Data not available.