HC Deb 20 May 1997 vol 294 cc30-1W
Mr. Forth

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the average annual cost of educating(a) a primary pupil and (b) a secondary pupil in England.

Mr. Byers

In 1995–96, the latest year for which data are available, the net institutional expenditure per pre-primary and primary pupil in England was 1,687 and per secondary pupil was £2,286. [645]

Mrs. Gillan

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list by local education authority the average annual cost of(a) a primary school place and (b) a secondary school place for the last year for which figures are available. [504]

Mr. Byers

The following table sets out for each LEA in England net expenditure per pupil within LEA maintained primary and pre-primary schools and secondary schools for 1995–96, the latest year for which figures are available.

LEA maintained schools Net institutional expenditure per pupil 1995–96
Pre-primary and primary £ Secondary £
Corporation of London 3,823 0
Camden 2,278 2,888
Greenwich 2,201 2,768
Hackney 2,138 2,963
Hammersmith and Fulham 2,370 3,328
Islington 2,234 2,941
Kensington and Chelsea 2,618 3,602
Lambeth 2,629 3,859
Lewisham 2,108 2,765
Southwark 2,147 2,840
Tower Hamlets 2,461 3,206
Wandsworth 2,237 2,953
City of Westminster 2,466 2,863
Barking and Dagenham 1,921 2,473
Barnet 1,811 2,533
Bexley 1,536 2,291
Brent 1,793 2,418
Bromley 1,664 1,851
Croydon 1,919 2,543
Ealing 1,974 2,477
Enfield 1,792 2,367
Haringey 2,317 3,018
Harrow 2,095 2,660
Havering 1,704 2,622
Hillingdon 1,813 2,624
Hounslow 1,952 2,535
Kingston upon Thames 1,754 2,374
Merton 1,862 2,593
Newham 1,739 2,546
Redbridge 1,763 2,510
Richmond upon Thames 1,874 2,431
Sutton 1,813 2,480
Waltham Forest 2,104 2,736
Birmingham 1,912 2,555
Coventry 1,770 2,477
Dudley 1,529 2,175
Sandwell 1,733 2,362
Solihull 1,606 2,241
Walsall 1,576 2,158
Wolverhampton 1,680 2,460
LEA maintained schools Net institutional expenditure per pupil 1995–96
Pre-primary and primary £ Secondary £
Knowsley 1,574 2,259
Liverpool 1,603 2,406
St. Helens 1,423 2,063
Sefton 1,524 2,304
Wirral 1,610 2,323
Bolton 1,681 2,287
Bury 1,517 2,081
Manchester 1,611 2,305
Oldham 1,654 2,294
Rochdale 1,582 2,275
Salford 1,540 2,226
Stockport 1,550 2,225
Tameside 1,509 2,010
Trafford 1,515 2,433
Wigan 1,613 2,307
Barnsley 1,543 2,089
Doncaster 1,716 2,292
Rotherham 1,686 2,211
Sheffield 1,679 2,182
Bradford 1,693 2,030
Calderdale 1,652 2,485
Kirkless 1,623 2,258
Leeds 1,701 2,259
Wakefield 1,600 2,055
Gateshead 1,663 2,250
Newcastle upon Tyne 1,705 2,346
North Tyneside 1,618 2,201
South Tyneside 1,542 2,096
Sunderland 1,635 2,228
Isles of Scilly 2,206 4,347
Avon 1,683 2,426
Bedfordshire 1,694 2,163
Berkshire 1,606 2,211
Buckinghamshire 1,625 2,288
Cambridgeshire 1,566 2,172
Cheshire 1,581 2,147
Cleveland 1,436 2,139
Cornwall 1,628 2,229
Cumbria 1,705 2,287
Derbyshire 1,583 2,234
Devon 1,540 2,187
Dorset 1,495 2,067
Durham 1,653 2,072
East Sussex 1,721 2,395
Essex 1,730 2,325
Gloucestershire 1,494 2,082
Hampshire 1,671 2,210
Hereford and Worcester 1,616 2,055
Hertfordshire 1,756 2,366
Humberside 1,632 2,313
Isle of Wight 1,640 2,085
Kent 1,599 2,343
Lancashire 1,621 2,268
Leicestershire 1,623 2,269
Lincolnshire 1,641 2,412
Norfolk 1,609 2,319
North Yorkshire 1,579 2,224
Northamptonshire 1,578 2,163
Northumberland 1,595 1,990
Nottinghamshire 1,679 2,333
Oxfordshire 1,610 2,199
Shropshire 1,573 2,384
Somerset 1,653 2,212
Staffordshire 1,530 2,061
Suffolk 1,692 2,165
Surrey 1,841 2,260
Warwickshire 1,621 2,225
West Sussex 1,678 2,239
Wiltshire 1,645 2,251