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Mr. Silvester
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in the Official Report the cost per pupil of primary and secondary education in the city of Manchester; and how the costs in Manchester compare with costs in Wigan and other metropolitan districts with approximately equal staff-pupil ratios.
Dr. Boyson
The cost per pupil in 1980–81 in schools in Manchester, Wigan and other metropolitan districts with similar pupil-teacher ratios was as follows:
| Outturn prices | ||||
| Primary | Secondary | |||
| Unit cost | PTR | Unit cost | PTR | |
| £ | £ | |||
| Manchester | 659 | 22·4 | 958 | 15·0 |
| Wigan | 521 | 21·8 | 782 | 15·5 |
| Coventry | 580 | 22·1 | 799 | 16·4 |
| Walsall | 574 | 21·6 | 824 | 15·1 |
| Knowsley | 555 | 22·7 | 852 | 16·0 |
| Bury | 530 | 23·1 | 771 | 16·1 |
| Salford | 548 | 21·5 | 806 | 15·1 |
| Rochdale | 533 | 23·2 | 835 | 15·4 |