HC Deb 29 October 1996 vol 284 cc86-7W
Sir David Knox

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much was spent in total on education in Staffordshire in each of the past 25 years, at constant prices. [965]

Mr. Robin Squire

The following table shows expenditure by Staffordshire local education authority figures are available. These figures have not been adjusted for any changes of function.

Staffordshire county council: gross education expenditure
(1995–96 prices) £ million
1970–71 275.35
1971–72 291.34
1972–73 309.92
1973–74 333.83
1974–75 470.28
1975–76 483.36
1976–77 489.46
1977–78 470.36
1978–79 480.65
1979–80 470.35
1980–81 478.59
1981–82 486.32
1982–83 475.39
1983–84 480.80
1984–85 468.42
1985–86 459.04
1986–87 479.57
1987–88 492.50
Staffordshire county council: gross education expenditure
(1995–96 prices) £ million
1988–89 502.03
1989–90 476.73
1990–91 485.20
1991–92 490.03
1992–93 534.49
1993–94 422.37
1994–95 419.82

Sir David Knox

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much was spent in total on school education in Staffordshire in each of the past 25 years, at constant prices. [967]

Mr. Robin Squire

The following table shows expenditure on pre-primary/primary and secondary education by Staffordshire local education authority from 1970–71 to 1994–95, the latest year for which figures are available. These figures have not been adjusted for any changes of function.

Staffordshire county council: expenditure on school education
(1995–96 prices) £ million
1970–71 162.87
1971–72 172.68
1972–73 183.43
1973–74 199.27
1974–75 295.87
1975–76 302.13
1976–77 305.25
1977–78 290.23
1978–79 293.44
1979–80 288.70
1980–81 300.29
1981–82 304.77
1982–83 297.55
1983–84 300.07
1984–85 288.90
1985–86 286.02
1986–87 294.82
1987–88 304.27
1988–89 306.12
1989–90 314.16
1990–91 317.58
1991–92 308.52
1992–93 369.04
1993–94 303.01
1994–95 309.66