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14.
Mr. Amess
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many special education schools there are in (a) England and (b) Essex.
| Expenditure on student maintenance and fees 1970–71 to 1984–85 | ||||||
| England and Wales | ||||||
| Total expenditure on student maintenance1 | Total expenditure on student maintenance and fees1 | |||||
| Academic years | £ million cash | in 1984–85 real terms2 (£m) | real terms in-dexed (1979–80 = 100) | £ million cash | in 1984–85 real terms2 | real terms in-dexed (1979–80 = 100) |
| 1970–713 | 93 | 442 | 76·4 | 116 | 551 | 59·5 |
| 1971–72 | 107 | 468 | 81·0 | 133 | 581 | 62·7 |
| 1972–73 | 108 | 439 | 76·0 | 135 | 548 | 59·2 |
| 1973–74 | 114 | 412 | 71·3 | 142 | 513 | 55·4 |
| 1974–75 | 151 | 447 | 77·3 | 182 | 538 | 58·1 |
| 1975–764 | 190 | 469 | 81·1 | 253 | 624 | 67·4 |
| 1976–775 | 227 | 495 | 85·6 | 308 | 671 | 72·5 |
| 1977–785 | 281 | 544 | 94·1 | 479 | 926 | 100·0 |
| 1978–79 | 328 | 570 | 98·6 | 543 | 944 | 101·9 |
| 1979–80 | 396 | 578 | 100·0 | 634 | 926 | 100·0 |
| 1980–81 | 467 | 590 | 102·1 | 774 | 977 | 105·5 |
| 1981–82 | 519 | 603 | 104·3 | 889 | 1,034 | 111·7 |
| 1982–836 | 557 | 609 | 105·4 | 797 | 871 | 94·1 |
| 1983–84 | 595 | 622 | 107·6 | 847 | 886 | 95·7 |
| 1984–85 | 579 | 579 | 100·2 | 843 | 843 | 91·0 |
| 1 Covers expenditure on mandatory, full·value and lesser value discretionary awards. Prior to 1975–76 no minimum awards or fees were paid in respect of teacher training courses outside university departments of education. | ||||||
| 2 Applying the GDP deflator on an academic year basis. | ||||||
| 3 The maintenance element of expenditure on lesser value awards has been estimated. | ||||||
| 4 HND and Dip HE courses became designated courses in 1975–76. | ||||||
| 5 Up to 1976–77 minimum awards expenditure was included in fees; from 1977–78 it was included in maintenance. | ||||||
| 6 The change in the trend of expenditure on maintenance and fees between 1981–82 and 1982–83 reflects the reduction in tuition fees | ||||||
Mr. Dunn
The number of maintained and non-maintained special schools including hospital schools, in England and Essex in January 1986, was 1,493 and 42 respectively.