HC Deb 27 January 1995 vol 253 cc413-6W
Dr. Hampson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much per pupil was spent by each local education authority on books and equipment in 1993–94 prices in(a) 1979–80 and (b) 1993–94.

Mr. Robin Squire

The table sets out per-pupil expenditure in 1993–94 prices by LEAs in England on books and equipment at LEA-maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools in 1979–80 and 1992–93, the latest year for which figures are available. Equivalent information is not available for grant-maintained schools.

Expenditure on books and equipment per pupil in 1979–80 and 1992–93 by LEA (in 1993–94 prices) Nursery primary and secondary 1979–80 £ Nursery primary and secondary 1992–93 £
ILEA 126
Corporation of London 114
Camden 81
Greenwich 45
Hackney 34
Hammersmith 61
Islington 56
Kensington and Chelsea 82
Lambeth 14
Lewisham 197
Southwark 64
Tower Hamlets 127
Wandsworth 56
Westminster 261
Barking 40 111
Barnet 55 102
Bexley 63 55
Brent 75 66
Bromley 53 71
Croydon 50 69
Ealing 56 48
Enfield 50 31
Haringey 66 13
Harrow 67 105
Havering 51 85
Hillingdon 56 92
Hounslow 53 93
Kingston upon Thames 46 71
Merton 51 102
Newham 66 82
Redbridge 54 102
Richmond upon Thames 50 74
Sutton 55 54
Waltham Forest 71 63
Birmingham 37 76
Coventry 48 65
Dudley 29 51
Sandwell 45 56
Solihull 38 97
Walsall 45 80
Wolverhampton 47 51
Knowsley 47 76
Liverpool 47 48
St Helens 34 84
Sefton 44 71
Wirral 44 59
Bolton 46 96
Bury 52 68
Manchester 69 71
Oldham 48 82
Rochdale 51 49
Salford 48 12
Stockport 46 98
Tameside 44 73
Trafford 36 69
Wigan 45 84
Barnsley 48 91
Doncaster 52 0
Rotherham 35 63
Sheffield 52 67
Bradford 42 55
Calderdale 38 77
Kirklees 35 96
Leeds 36 57
Wakefield 39 67
Gateshead 50 87
Newcastle upon Tyne 58 64
North Tyneside 50 1
South Tyneside 69 74
Sunderland 50 81

Expenditure on books and equipment per pupil in 1979–80 and 1992–93 by LEA (in 1993–94 prices) Nursery primary and secondary 1979–80 £ Nursery primary and secondary 1992–93 £
Isles of Scilly 40 18
Avon 39 109
Bedfordshire 57 86
Berkshire 46 101
Buckinghamshire 49 85
Cambridgeshire 47 91
Cheshire 39 62
Cleveland 49 67
Cornwall 47 80
Cumbria 40 64
Derbyshire 45 66
Devon 43 93
Dorset 46 72
Durham 36 51
East Sussex 58 93
Essex 46 77
Gloucestershire 37 79
Hampshire 36 97
Hereford and Worcester 44 83
Hertfordshire 49 19
Humberside 47 86
Isle of Wight 57 82
Kent 51 46
Lancashire 39 100
Leicestershire 44 116
Lincolnshire 40 101
Norfolk 49 60
North Yorkshire 48 102
Northamptonshire 48 86
Northumberland 55 61
Nottinghamshire 46 81
Oxfordshire 58 89
Shropshire 40 17
Somerset 44 70
Staffordshire 54 73
Suffolk 45 189
Surrey 32 53
Warwickshire 36 92
West Sussex 55 109
Wiltshire 45 88
Total 49 77