asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will list in the Official Report the proportion of the average secondary school budget represented by average allowances to pupils in respect of travel, meals and uniform.

In 1983–84 the net cost of providing secondary school pupils with transport between home and school represented 2·4 per cent. of the total net expenditure by local education authorities in England on secondary schools. Information on the cost of meals and uniforms for secondary pupils is not collected by the Department.