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Education, London

Volume 176: debated on Monday 9 July 1990

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To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what is the cost in each London education authority of providing a school place for each child between five and 11 years of age; and what is the additional cost deemed necessary for each child with special needs in (a) a special school and (b) an integrated unit of a school for children under 11 years;(2) what is the cost in each London education authority of providing a place for each student between 11 and 18 years; and what additional cost is deemed necessary for each child with special needs in

(a) a special school and (b) integrated unit in a secondary school.

The available information is contained in the table. It shows net institutional expenditure for each type of school in 1988–89. Local education authority expenditure returns to the Department of the Environment do not give separate figures for the education of pupils in integrated units in ordinary schools, or for different age ranges within special schools.

Local education authority

2

Maintained
nursery and
primary schools

Maintained
secondary
schools

Maintained special schools

4

£

£

£

Brent1,3752,3056,945
Bromley1,1651,7705,725
Croydon1,1802,0405,935
Ealing

3n/a

3n/a

3n/a

Enfield1,1101,7156,210
Haringey

3n/a

3n/a

3n/a

Harrow1,1151,7409,795
Havering1,0951,8606,475
Hillingdon1,1951,8704,870
Hounslow1,2701,8956,555
Kingston-upon-Thames1,1751,9005,625
Merton1,2101,6609,035
Newham1,3602,1406,700
Redbridge1,0701,7355,775
Richmond-upon-Thames1,1801,6405,020
Sutton1,0951,6304,990
Waltham Forest

3n/a

3n/a

3n/a

ILEA1,6102,5108,820

1 Net institutional expenditure includes the costs of salaries and wages, premises and certain supplies and services. It does not include the cost of school meals, central administration and inspection, debt charges or revenue contributions to capital outlay.

2 The figures are based on LEA expenditure returns to DOE and pupil number returns to DES.

3 n/a denotes that an expenditure return has not been received from the LEA.

4 Spending on special schools will vary according to the learning difficulties catered for, the pupils' disabilities, and the pattern of provision in each LEA.