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Mr. Nellist
asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list, for each of the last 10 years, and at 1985 prices, the average penalty imposed following a prosecution by the factory inspectorate.
Mr. Peter Bottomley
The average penalty imposed on conviction following a prosecution by Her Majesty's Factory Inspectorate for each of the last 10 years relative to the retail prices index at 1 January 1985 is as follows:
| Average penalty relative to 1 January 1985 prices | |
| Year | £ |
| 1975 | 216 |
| 1976 | 215 |
| 1977 | 208 |
| 1978 | 245 |
| 1979 | 317 |
| Expenditure (£'s per pupil) on books and equipment, at outturn prices | |||||
| 1979–80 | 1980–81 | 1981–82 | 1982–83 | 1983–84 | |
| Primary Schools | 12·7 | 14·6 | 16·2 | 18·5 | 19·8 |
| Special Education* | 42·2 | 40·9 | 59·5 | 54·7 | 57·9 |
| Secondary Schools | 22·8 | 25·2 | 28·4 | 33·5 | 37·4 |
| Expenditure on books and equipment, at 1983–84 prices† | |||||
| 1979–80 | 1980–81 | 1981–82 | 1982–83 | 1983–84 | |
| Primary Schools: | |||||
| £'s per pupil | 18·5 | 17·9 | 18·1 | 19·3 | 19·6 |
| Index (1979–80=100) | 100·0 | 96·8 | 97·8 | 104·3 | 107·0 |
| Special Education*: | |||||
| £'s per pupil | 61·6 | 50·3 | 66·5 | 57·2 | 57·9 |
| Index | 100·0 | 81·7 | 108·0 | 92·9 | 94·0 |
Year
| £
|
| 1980 | 266 |
| 1981 | 251 |
| 1982 | 274 |
| 1983 | 285 |
| 1984* | 340 |
* Provisional. | |