HC Deb 15 May 1995 vol 260 cc9-11W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will list each public opinion survey commissioned by(a) her Department and (b) her agencies for each year since 1992, showing for each the subject, the cost and the organisation from which it was commissioned. [23689]

Mr. Forth

The Department has carried out the following public opinion surveys since 1992:

  • Subject: National Curriculum leaflet for parents
  • Date: March and December 1992
  • Company: British Market Research Bureau

  • Subject: School Performance Tables
  • Date: December 1992 and January 1994
  • Company: Taylor Nelson

  • Subject: Grant-Maintained Schools
  • Date: July 1992, May 1993, October, 1993, February 1994 and February 1995
  • Company: Audience Selection

  • Subject: National Curriculum testing of 7, 11 and 14 year olds
  • Date: April 1993
  • Company: British Market Research Bureau

  • Subject: National Curriculum testing of 7, 11 and 14 year olds
  • Date: May 1993
  • Company: Bulmershe Research

  • Subject: Publicity campaign for parents on National Curriculum testing of 7, 11 and 14 year olds
  • Date: January 1994, July 1994
  • Company: British Market Research Bureau

  • Subject: DFE Exhibitions—DFE Touring Roadshow
  • Date: October 1992, July 1993, July 1994
  • Company: 1992, 1993 Martin Hamblin; 1994 Alpha Research

  • Subject: Further and Higher Education Charters
  • Date: September 1993, November 1993
  • Company: Martin Hamblin

  • Subject: Educational Provision for Under 5's
  • Date: April 1994
  • Company: Bulmershe Research

  • Subject: Updated Parent's Charter
  • Date: June 1994, August 1994
  • Company: Research Society for Great Britain

  • Subject: School Performance Tables
  • Date: November 1994, February 1995
  • Company: Audience Selection

  • Subject: Publicity campaign for parents on National Curriculum testing of 7, 11 and 14 year olds.
  • Date: February 1995, April 1995
  • Company: British Market Research Bureau

  • Subject: Parent's Information Needs
  • Date: March 1995
  • Company: Research Surveys of Great Britain

Information about the Department's agencies and other related bodies is not held centally. One item of research of which the Department is aware was commissioned by the School Curriculum Assessment Authority and is as follows:

  • Subject: Public perception of the National Curriculum and the relative priorities of National Curriculum subjects
  • Date: June 1994
  • Company: Gallup

To give the cost of the research surveys carried out by the DFE and its agencies would compromise confidential tendering procedures.

Year Net institutional expenditure per pupil Cash terms £ Net institutional expenditure per pupil 1995 prices £ Net institutional expenditure per pupil excluding staffing costs Cash terms £ Net institutional expenditure per pupil excluding staffing costs 1995 prices £
Nursery primary
1979–80 429 1,074 108 272
1980–81 546 1,157 133 281
1981–82 621 1,198 151 291
1982–83 682 1,229 168 303
1983–84 732 1,260 184 317
1984–85 767 1,257 190 312
1985–86 817 1,270 201 312
1986–87 905 1,366 218 329
1987–88 1,006 1,441 239 342
1988–89 1,101 1,479 254 340
1989–90 1,210 1,519 294 369
1990–91 1,339 1,555 347 403
1991–92 1,469 1,606 364 398
1992–93 1,583 1,664 364 383
1993–94 1,637 1,670 385 393
Secondary
1979–80 607 1,520 162 405
1980–81 765 1,618 191 405
1981–82 865 1,668 213 411
1982–83 942 1,696 235 424
1983–84 1,014 1,745 255 439
1984–85 1,086 1,780 273 447
1985–86 1,177 1,829 291 452
1986–87 1,340 2,021 334 503
1987–88 1,517 2,172 376 538
1988–89 1,692 2,272 410 550
1989–90 1,858 2,332 472 593
1990–91 2,019 2,346 541 629
1991–92 2,145 2,345 520 569
1992–93 2,256 2,372 503 528
1993–94 2,252 2,297 517 527

Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what was the average unit cost per pupil for 1994–94 in(a) each local education authority and (b) nationally for (i) provision in nursery schools and nursery classes, (ii) provision in reception classes in primary schools and (iii) all under-fives provision; [23639]

(2) what was the average unit cost per pupil for 1993–94 of educating four-year-olds in (a) each local education authority and (b) nationally, (i) in nursery schools and nursery classes, (ii) in reception classes in primary schools and (ii) overall. [23638]

Mr. Robin Squire

The average unit cost per full-time equivalent pupil in 1993–94 for those categories of