HC Deb 20 March 1997 vol 292 cc879-80W
Mr. Steen

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the expenditure on(a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) capital projects in Devon in each of the last five years. [21340]

Mr. Robin Squire

The following table shows gross expenditure for LEA-maintained (a) pre-primary, primary and (b) secondary schools by Devon local education per pupil in (a) 1975 and (b) currently expressed in (i) cash terms and (ii) constant price terms.

Mr. Robin Squire

The following table shows in both cash and terms—1996–97 prices—the net institutional expenditure per pupil in LEA-maintainted schools, in 1979–80 and 1995–96, the latest year for which data are available.

authority from 1991–92, to 1995–96; and capital expenditure by the LEA over the period 1991–92 to 1994— 95, the latest year for which figures are available. All figures are in cash terms, and have not been adjusted for any change of function.

£ million
Pre-primary/primary Secondary
Gross expenditure
1991–92 108.246 121.895
1992–93 133.657 141.874
1993–94 123.575 130.781
1994–95 132.111 135.599
1995–96 132.679 133.933
Capital expenditure
1991–92 19.370 9.779
1992–93 10.296 12.762
1993–94 9.691 13.499
1994–95 12.099 9.721