§ Mr. RuaneTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the average amount spent per pupil of(a) primary and (b) secondary school age in each of the local authorities in Wales. [24168]
§ Mr. HainThe information requested is given in the following table.
Local authority net current expenditure per pupil on primary and secondary education1 £ per pupil Authority Primary Secondary Blaenau Gwent 1,785 2,819 Bridgend 1,740 2,502 Caerphilly 1,774 2,628 Cardiff 1,747 2,385 Carmarthenshire 2,089 2,530 Ceredigion 2,279 2,842 Conwy 1,800 2,810 Denbighshire 1,731 2,576 Flintshire 1,707 2,621 Gwynedd 2,013 2,915 Isle of Anglesey 1,943 2,729 Merthyr Tydfil 1,773 2,587 Monmouthshire 1,849 2,576 Neath Port Talbot 2,141 2,782 Newport 1,723 2,499 Pembrokeshire 2,081 2,620 Powys 2,023 2,937 Rhondda Cynon Taff 1,857 2,510 Swansea 1,965 2,626 The Vale of Glamorgan 1,806 2,538 Torfaen 1,776 2,439 Wrexham 1,582 2,552 Wales average 1,860 2,602 1Provisional outturn for 1996–97 divided by provisional full-time equivalent pupil numbers as at January 1997. Includes recharged management and support services, education of under fives in primary schools and payment of independent school fees. Excludes special schools, grant maintained schools and school catering.