HC Deb 29 March 1995 vol 257 cc686-7W
Sir David Madel

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much was spent in total on state schools in Bedfordshire in each of the last 20 years at constant prices. [16928]

Mr. Robin Squire

The table shows total expenditure by Bedfordshire local education authority on its maintained schools from 1974–75 to 1993–94, the latest year for which provisional outturn figures are available. The table does not include information on grant-maintained schools.

Bedfordshire County Council
Gross expenditure Nur/pri/sec/spl (1994–95 prices)£000
1974–75 168,728
1975–76 175,013
1976–77 184,289
1977–78 n/a
1978–79 176,510
1979–80 172,568
1980–81 176,925
1981–82 176,983
1982–83 167,550
1983–84 166,307
1984–85 165,402
1985–86 165,871
1986–87 169,281
1987–88 181,932
1988–89 185,859
1989–90 186,259
1990–91 181,145
1991–92 190,796
1992–93 219,064
1993–941 182,297
1 Provisional.

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