HC Deb 29 October 1996 vol 284 cc81-4W
Sir David Knox

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much was spent per(a) primary and (b) secondary school pupil in each of the local education authorities in England in the most recent year for which figures are available, at constant prices. [964]

Mr. Robin Squire

The following table sets out for each local education authority in England the net institutional expenditure per pupil in LEA-maintained(a) pre-primary/primary schools and (b) secondary schools.

Net institutional expenditure 1994–95 (at 1995–96 per pupil prices)
Pre-primary and primary £ Secondary £
Corporation of London 3,723 0
Camden 2,107 2,857
Greenwich 2,077 2,839
Hackney 2,303 3,214
Hammersmith and Fulham 2,542 3,396
Islington 2,105 2,722
Kensington and Chelsea 2,455 3,408
Lambeth 2,635 3,874
Lewisham 2,148 2,742
Southwark 1,944 2,746
Tower Hamlets 2,450 3,272
Wandsworth 2,323 3,127
Westminster 2,499 2,894
Barking and Dagenham 1,937 2,410
Barnet 1,805 2,473
Bexley 1,573 2,286
Brent 1,760 2,082
Bromley 1,673 2,285
Croydon 1,767 2,217
Ealing 2,016 2,516
Enfield 1,804 2,416
Haringey 2,356 3,058
Harrow 2,092 2,661
Havering 1,756 2,632
Hillingdon 1,820 2,688
Hounslow 1,977 2,644
Kingston upon Thames 1,772 2,579
Merton 1,978 2,728
Newham 1,752 2,686
Redbridge 1,719 2,615
Richmond upon Thames 1,930 2,431
Sutton 1,905 2,575
Waltham Forest 1,835 2,453
Birmingham 1,763 2,413
Coventry 1,746 2,477
Dudley 1,614 2,259
Sandwell 1,706 2,298
Solihull 1,643 2,279
Walsall 1,704 2,370
Wolverhampton 1,688 2,397
Knowsley 1,613 2,281
Liverpool 1,673 2,666
St. Helens 1,558 2,301
Sefton 1,523 2,281
Wirral 1,605 2,350
Bolton 1,685 2,316
Bury 1,528 2,081
Manchester 1,596 2,494
Oldham 1,660 2,349
Rochdale 1,590 2,279
Salford 1,543 2,203
Stockport 1,604 2,204
Tameside 1,482 2,095
Trafford 1,513 2,375
Wigan 1,509 2,182
Barnsley 1,587 2,153
Doncaster 1,478 2,074
Rotherham 1,761 2,274
Net institutional expenditure 1994–95 (at 1995–96 per pupil prices)
Pre-primary and primary £ Secondary £
Sheffield 1,651 2,161
Bradford 1,722 2,090
Calderdale 1,691 2,155
Kirklees 1,646 2,311
Leeds 1,685 2,276
Wakefield 1,629 2,095
Gateshead 1,678 2,311
Newcastle upon Tyne 1,700 2,370
North Tyneside 1,675 2,197
South Tyneside 1,662 2,112
Sunderland 1,615 2,193
Isles of Scilly 2,530 4,592
Avon 1,652 2,392
Bedfordshire 1,715 2,284
Berkshire 1,669 2,292
Buckinghamshire 1,676 2,311
Cambridgeshire 1,578 2,213
Cheshire 1,566 2,229
Cleveland 1,541 2,225
Cornwall 1,654 2,256
Cumbria 1,578 2,083
Derbyshire 1,634 2,345
Devon 1,592 2,256
Dorset 1,547 2,111
Durham 1,799 2,174
East Sussex 1,733 2,416
Essex 1,776 2,377
Gloucestershire 1,305 1,984
Hampshire 1,685 2,230
Hereford and Worcester 1,682 2,113
Hertfordshire 1,759 2,319
Humberside 1,692 2,360
Isle of Wight 1,646 2,079
Kent 1,593 2,331
Lancashire 1,701 2,402
Leicestershire 1,651 2,329
Lincolnshire 1,626 2,441
Norfolk 1,639 2,399
North Yorkshire 1,615 2,233
Northamptonshire 1,657 2,320
Northumberland 1,565 1,991
Nottinghamshire 1,733 2,454
Oxfordshire 1,720 2,340
Shropshire 1,644 2,472
Somerset 1,701 2,164
Staffordshire 1,603 2,155
Suffolk 1,731 2,235
Surrey 1,786 2,288
Warwickshire 1,705 2,405
West Sussex 1,709 2,294
Wiltshire 1,585 2,176
England 1,702 2,325

Sir David Knox

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much was spent per pupil in Staffordshire(a) in primary schools and (b) in secondary schools in each of the past 25 years, at constant prices. [966]

Mr. Squire

The following table shows net institutional expenditure in Staffordshire local education authority schools on(a) pre-primary and primary pupils combined, and on (b) secondary pupils from 1974–75 to 1994–95, the latest year for which figures are available. Equivalent figures prior to 1974–75 are not readily available centrally.

Staffordshire county council: unit costs (1995–96 prices)
Pre-primary/primary £ Secondary £
1974–75 1,223 1,985
1975–76 1,230 2,050
1976–77 1,249 1,991
1977–78 1,193 1,868
1978–79 1,206 1,861
1979–80 1,221 1,821
1980–81 1,211 1,676
1981–82 1,281 1,748
1982–83 1,307 1,746
1983–84 1,352 1,802
1984–85 1,316 1,803
1985–86 1,308 1,861
1986–87 1,373 2,015
1987–88 1,448 2,159
1988–89 1,473 2,273
1989–90 1,483 2,296
1990–91 1,496 2,225
1991–92 1,561 2,285
1992–93 1,570 2,242
1993–94 1,599 2,166
1994–95 1,603 2,155