§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what are the current levels of funding per pupil for education in each Welsh local education authority. [55598]
§ Mr. HainThe latest available information for local education authorities is the budgeted gross revenue expenditure per pupil in 1997–98. This is shown in the table.
Gross revenue expenditure per pupil by local education authority, 1997–981 LEA £ per pupil Blaenau Gwent 2,252 Bridgend 2,250 Caerphilly 2,203 Cardiff 2,124 Carmarthenshire 2,558 Ceredigion 2,750 Conwy 2,144 Denbighshire 2,104 Flintshire 2,162 Gwynedd 2,486 Isle of Anglesey 2,418 Merthyr Tydfil 2,375 Monmouthshire 2,283 Neath Port Talbot 2,429 Newport 2,250 Pembrokeshire 2,486 Powys 2,627 Rhondda Cynon Taff 2,456 Swansea 2,265 Torfaen 2,168 Vale of Glamorgan 1,977 Wrexham 2,121 Wales 2,297 1 Provisional