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Education

Volume 174: debated on Tuesday 12 June 1990

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To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was capital spending on Wales local education authority schools for each of the years from 1980 and county by county.

Current Expenditure on Primary and Secondary Schools in Wales (£000)

1980–81

1981–82

1982–83

1983–84

1984–85

1985–86

1986–87

1987–88

1988–89

Nursery and Primary

Clwyd22,12924,80325,84426,94327,32029,33731,66434,56238,208
Dyfed20,27622,05722,65023,20523,96225,28228,22832,51236,264
Gwent25,34227,70029,38230,61430,37332,13635,89339,53145,729
Gwynedd12,76314,52015,54514,75015,89216,36218,06620,03422,010
Mid Glamorgan34,81536,90739,83642,70743,68446,88850,35556,67763,068
Powys7,7118,4548,9209,4509,76010,04410,84512,02614,356
South Glamorgan19,23420,94121,86822,98623,42124,94829,26332,27435,960
West Glamorgan22,60124,81025,76926,96426,45328,78632,45535,59039,802
Total Wales164,961180,192189,816197,617200,867213,782236,769263,205295,397

Secondary

Clwyd25,96929,78532,09934,28435,43537,21640,26543,71147,445
Dyfed22,61025,54827,10928,38029,33330,89833,66837,33939,276
Gwent32,43836,44038,87940,98741,90442,73146,50649,76753,221
Gwynedd15,21117,27018,52719,94720,97921,83923,98225,79627,168
Mid Glamorgan38,52741,70144,77348,51449,96052,19356,42259,64263,307
Powys8,1648,9879,47710,23510,67611,20911,94513,05715,057
South Glamorgan25,37227,52629,70330,79031,26032,15536,37737,68640,469
West Glamorgan26,93330,80432,50534,33133,65035,18339,23842,73446,216
Total Wales195,224218,061233,072247,457253,207263,424288,404309,733332,159

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what were pupil numbers in (a) primary and (b) secondary local education authority schools in Wales and in each county including the percentage change, year on year, for each of the years since 1980 inclusive.

Primary
ClwydDyfedGwentGwyneddMid GlamorganPowysSouth GlamorganWest GlamorganWales
1980
Pupil numbers42,41532,88146,39824,31661,37111,19837,65938,989295,227
1981
Pupil numbers40,85731,77144,28023,39858,65510,82236,24737,505283,435
Percentage change-3·7-3·4-4·6-4·2-4·4-3·4-3·7-3·8-4·0
1982
Pupil numbers39,01230,81642,43822,48256,29110,53435,07536,554273,202
Percentage change-4·5-3·0-4·2-3·5-4·0-2·7-3·2-2·5-3·6
1983
Pupil numbers37,79329,90940,26821,54553,75710,26233,64935,386262,569
Percentage change-3·1-2·9-5·1-4·2-4·5-2·6-4·1-3·2-3·9
1984
Pupil numbers37,14129,46939,64220,98952,66910,15433,49635,082258,642
Percentage change-1·7-1·5-1·6-2·6-2·0-1·1-0·5-0·9-1·5
1985
Pupil numbers37,26529,31339,64220,37752,24210,07333,52234,861257,295
Percentage change+0·3-0·50-2·9-0·8-0·8+0·1-0·6-0·5
1986
Pupil numbers37,17429,43539,62319,97252,1399,80733,88634,762256,798
Percentage change—0·2+ 0·40-2·0-0·2-2·6+1·1-0·3-0·2
1987
Pupil numbers37,22529,98939,81819,71852,1139,78634,37534,975257,999
Percentage change+0·1+1·9+0·5-1·3-0·1-0·2+1·4+0·6+0·5
1988
Pupil numbers37,58130,67140,40019,71052,8599,93235,14135,407261,701
Percentage change+1·0+2·3+1·50+1·4+1·5+2·2+1·2+1·4
1989
Pupil numbers38,68031,89541,42819,99154,11810,19835,98036,198268,488
Percentage change+2·9+4·0+2·5+1·4+2·4+2·7+2·4+2·2+2·6

Secondary

Clwyd

Dyfed

Gwent

Gwynedd

Mid Glamorgan

Powys

South Glamorgan

West Glamorgan

Wales

1980

Pupil numbers32,98727,41439,58619,03847,8579,17333,43731,279240,771

1981

Pupil numbers33,31027,36039,32119,18247,6509,16233,00730,649239,641
Percentage change+ 1·0-0·2-0·7+0·8-0·4-0·1-1·3-2·0-0·5

1982

Pupil numbers33,17827,25838,55719,42847,2109,00932,51729,999237,156
Percentage change-0·4-0·4-1·9+ 1·3-0·9-1·7-1·5-2·1-1·0

1983

Pupil numbers33,26127,21537,72219,89646,9629,03632,37529,158235,625
Percentage change+0·3-0·2-2·2+ 2·4-0·5+ 0·3-0·4-2·8-0·6

1984

Pupil numbers32,87426,77936,82319,72546,3169,00331,63428,358231,512
Percentage change-1·2-1·6-2·4-0·9-1·4-0·4-2·3-2·7-1·7

1985

Pupil numbers32,40026,38635,44519,64245,4078,97630,61827,572226,446
Percentage change-1·4-1·5-3·7-0·4-2·0-0·3-3·2-2·8-2·2

1986

Pupil numbers31,33025,65433,86419,04543,8898,73829,64626,212218,378
Percentage change-3·3-2·8-4·5-3·0-3·3-2·7-3·2-4·9-3·6

1987

Pupil numbers30·12124,78732,40618,33542,1298,53728,45725,137209,909
Percentage change-3·9-3·4-4·3-3·7-4·0-2·3-4·0-4·1-3·9

1988

Pupil numbers28,64723,92430,50917,26839,4198,21727,27924,016199,279
Percentage change-4·9-3·5-5·9-5·8-6·4-3·7-4·1-4·5-5·1

1989

Pupil numbers27,36723,68229,22716,35737,5397,98626,62723,214191,999
Percentage change-4·5-1·0-4·2-5·3-4·8-2·8-2·4-3·3-3·7

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what has been expenditure per pupil in real terms for each year from 1980 inclusive, in Wales and by county,in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools.

Total expenditure per pupil in primary and secondary schools: 1988–89 prices1 (£ per pupil)
1980–811981–821982–831983–841984–851985–861986–871987–881988–89
Primary
Clwyd9631,0211,0211,0331,0071,0301,0931,1421,143
Dyfed1,0841,1271,1061,0901,0521,0511,1501,2441,229
Gwent9659851,0581,0831,0281,0311,1291,1951,284
Gwynedd9439721,0239711,0101,0021.0751,1391,169
Mid Glamorgan9829951,0471,1111,1021,1061,1441,2281,230
Powys1,2041,1801,2721,3631,3171,2881,3421,4041,505
South Glamorgan9199119409359159191,0431,0681,106
West Glamorgan1,0731,0831,0641,0931,0331,0351,1231,2021,243
Wales9971,0181,0471,0671,0391,0421,1211,1881,217
Secondary
Clwyd1,3401,3921,3901,4211,4251,4871,6201,7531,819
Dyfed1,3911,4151,4501,4991,4851,4801,6091,7961,787
Gwent1,4511,4521,4831,5281,5501,5711,6761,7771,848
Gwynedd1,3641,3911,3171,3441,3651,4211,5561,7011,734
Mid Glamorgan1,3881,4031,3951,4361,4301,4221,5581,7071,780
Powys1,5381,6451,5601,6081,5451,5401,8221,8921,976
South Glamorgan1,2551,2541,2981,2941,2961,2781,4651,4911,566
West Glamorgan1,5621,6111,6811,6781,5641,6321,8522,0622,117
Wales1,4001,4251,4371,4651,4521,4721,6241,7551,812
1 Adjusted to a constant price basis using the GDP deflator.