§ Ms Estelle MorrisTo 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 SquireThe 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 173W 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.