To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will set out the level of expenditure on books at 1978–79 prices per child by local education authority in (a) 1978–79, (b) 1984–85 and (c) 1989–90.
Information for 1978–79 is not available by individual local education authority, and the latest year for which figures are available is 1988–89. Cash figures for expenditure per pupil by local education authority for 1984–85 and 1988–89 are shown in tables 1 and 2. Table 3 shows the average expenditure per pupil in England at 1978–79 prices for 1978–79, 1984–85 and 1988–89.While some local authorities' expenditure returns to Government Departments show separate figures for books, these can be misleading because of differing practices in attributing spending as between books and equipment. The tables therefore show combined spending figures for books and equipment, with figures as returned for books only in brackets. Even on the combined totals, coverage from authority to authority is likely to differ.
Nursery and primary schools
| Secondary schools
| |||
Local authority
| Books and equipment
| (of which books)
| Books and equipment
| (of which books)
|
| Sheffield | 36·01 | (14·42) | 36·55 | (6·60) |
| Bradford | 18·80 | (0·80) | 35·99 | (1·34) |
| Calderdale | 19·38 | (6·30) | 34·07 | (8·05) |
| Kirklees | 18·57 | (7·54) | 39·16 | (14·03) |
| Leeds | 8·56 | (·16) | 13·17 | (·35) |
| Wakefield | 21·72 | (10·21) | 30·10 | (11·79) |
| Gateshead | 26·14 | (7·68) | 46·72 | (8·76) |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 19·26 | (4·92) | 38·64 | (10·42) |
| North Tyneside | 27·99 | (10·03) | 50·30 | (13·82) |
| South Tyneside | 20·87 | (8·07) | 54·13 | (11·75) |
| Sunderland | 18·81 | (5·19) | 41·88 | (6·92) |
| Isles of Scilly | 27·90 | (5·46) | 41·29 | (10·07) |
| Avon | 24·19 | (6·55) | 40·67 | (8·32) |
| Bedfordshire | 26·00 | (10·40) | 55·45 | (19·11) |
| Berkshire | 23·30 | (10·21) | 43·67 | (16·73) |
| Buckinghamshire | 30·99 | (13·60) | 50·99 | (12·19) |
| Cambridgeshire | 25·34 | (9·65) | 43·14 | (13·22) |
| Cheshire | 22·09 | (5·18) | 44·89 | (6·84) |
| Cleveland | 19·99 | (5·22) | 38·09 | (8·02) |
| Cornwall | 29·97 | (9·45) | 41·51 | (11·63) |
| Cumbria | 21·26 | (5·73) | 32·88 | (4·05) |
| Derbyshire | 28·03 | (8·36) | 48·37 | (11·75) |
| Devon | 13·57 | (8·47) | 21·57 | (9·40) |
| Dorset | 28·63 | (9·84) | 38·97 | (11·79) |
| Durham | 17·22 | (7·14) | 28·37 | (9·45) |
| East Sussex | 21·83 | (7·40) | 42·78 | (12·45) |
| Essex | 21·12 | (7·08) | 38·21 | (8·15) |
| Gloucestershire | 20·62 | (9·11) | 35·71 | (9·24) |
| Hampshire | 19·54 | (6·83) | 40·92 | (10·36) |
| Hereford and Worcester | 22·93 | (9·98) | 43·50 | (12·13) |
| Hertfordshire | 23·31 | (9·88) | 42·15 | (11·74) |
| Humberside | 24·08 | (6·71) | 40·80 | (9·43) |
| Isle of Wight | 26·07 | (11·04) | 52·57 | (12·36) |
| Kent | 20·68 | (7·03) | 38·74 | (9·60) |
| Lancashire | 22·86 | (8·04) | 37·79 | (8·14) |
| Leicestershire | 22·52 | (5·92) | 41·53 | (8·05) |
| Lincolnshire | 18·02 | (5·65) | 43·05 | (9·08) |
| Norfolk | 22·78 | (6·54) | 40·36 | (10·30) |
| North Yorkshire | 24·60 | (11·47) | 39·45 | (11·66) |
| Northamptonshire | 22·39 | (6·13) | 44·72 | (11·58) |
| Northumberland | 26·00 | (9·59) | 43·31 | (14·31) |
| Nottinghamshire | 29·80 | (9·44) | 44·96 | (12·13) |
| Oxfordshire | 21·77 | (2·65) | 38·28 | (3·70) |
| Salop | 15·80 | (6·65) | 33·80 | (9·33) |
| Somerset | 27·22 | (5·59) | 46·49 | (11·93) |
| Staffordshire | 19·56 | (4·90) | 36·53 | (8·63) |
| Suffolk | 25·17 | (7·04) | 43·29 | (11·00) |
| Surrey | 15·11 | (4·75) | 34·37 | (7·60) |
| Warwickshire | 19·24 | (7·27) | 47·97 | (11·63) |
| West Sussex | 23·26 | (8·24) | 41·89 | (10·57) |
| Wiltshire | 23·05 | (10·53) | 37·34 | (11·39) |
Table 2
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Expenditure per pupil 1—1988–89 England2 | ||||
Cash (£)
| ||||
Local authority
| Nursery and primary schools
| Secondary schools
| ||
Books and equipment
| (of which books)
| Books and equipment
| (of which books)
| |
| Barking | 32·65 | (11·50) | 80·58 | (22·72) |
| Barnet | 35·17 | (11·99) | 68·96 | (17·52) |
| Bexley | 31·98 | (7·38) | 99·22 | (1·92) |
| Brent | 38·42 | (9·46) | 76·43 | (15·27) |
| Bromley | 33·80 | (9·02) | 67·33 | (13·07) |
| Croydon | 54·89 | (11·10) | 111·98 | (22·49) |
| Ealing | 33·86 | (5·73) | 91·61 | (12·63) |
| Enfield | 30·76 | (9·16) | 61·09 | (15·95) |
| Haringey | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Harrow | 39·77 | (6·98) | 75·72 | (10·85) |
| Havering | 30·02 | 0·00 | 91·34 | 0·00 |
| Hillingdon | 40·45 | (11·99) | 80·08 | (22·30) |
| Hounslow | 33·40 | (9·61) | 49·65 | (19·84) |
| Kingston-upon-Thames | 55·50 | (12·92) | 106·58 | (18·63) |
| Merton | 31·28 | (25·44) | 36·02 | (26·95) |
Local authority
| Nursery and primary schools
| Secondary schools
| ||
Books and equipment
| (of which books)
| Books and equipment
| (of which books)
| |
| Newham | 26·35 | (6·44) | 65·87 | (11·34) |
| Redbridge | 38·84 | (11·30) | 81·31 | (23·65) |
| Richmond-upon-Thames | 29·95 | (8·25) | 62·88 | (13·76) |
| Sutton | 34·64 | (13·39) | 71·17 | (17·01) |
| Waltham Forest | 28·21 | (4·91) | 75·37 | (10·55) |
| ILEA | 60·56 | (12·08) | 89·89 | (19·28) |
| Birmingham | 22·74 | (4·70) | 51·42 | (9·50) |
| Coventry | 26·08 | (2·01) | 92·00 | (2·95) |
| Dudley | 35·72 | (6·79) | 76·36 | (2·44) |
| Sandwell | 31·50 | (3·06) | 73·42 | (1·02) |
| Solihull | 34·88 | (4·96) | 122·79 | (11·28) |
| Walsall | 35·12 | (9·10) | 46·29 | (14·38) |
| Wolverhampton | 24·54 | (7·23) | 56·08 | (13·99) |
| Knowsley | 22·47 | (8·88) | 61·05 | (7·01) |
| Liverpool | 32·61 | (7·76) | 66·56 | (12·13) |
| St. Helens | 14·98 | (6·33) | 30·36 | (10·39) |
| Sefton | 21·41 | (7·11) | 60·55 | (11·12) |
| Wirral | 42·39 | (11·92) | 130·04 | (23·45) |
| Bolton | 33·23 | (9·32) | 71·24 | (11·01) |
| Bury | 30·75 | (8·65) | 93·06 | (15·21) |
| Manchester | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Oldham | 30·45 | (7·19) | 75·02 | (10·58) |
| Rochdale | 35·27 | (9·08) | 59·17 | (10·52) |
| Salford | 32·70 | (0·23) | 73·65 | (0·07) |
| Stockport | 35·87 | (10·15) | 96·37 | (12·13) |
| Tameside | 27·91 | (5·74) | 43·96 | (8·06) |
| Trafford | 37·75 | (12·54) | 70·39 | (11·37) |
| Wigan | 17·87 | (5·42) | 60·39 | (17·03) |
| Barnsley | 22·89 | (4·75) | 43·23 | (2·36) |
| Doncaster | 27·08 | (6·67) | 55·45 | (11·14) |
| Rotherham | 28·87 | (6·82) | 57·92 | (9·04) |
| Sheffield | 12·11 | (5·33) | 23·46 | (7·98) |
| Bradford | 28·71 | 0·00 | 71·73 | 0·00 |
| Calderdale | 28·52 | (8·99) | 63·13 | (13·77) |
| Kirklees | 25·17 | (7·90) | 63·89 | (20·93) |
| Leeds | 15·30 | (0·43) | 28·26 | (2·45) |
| Wakefield | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Gateshead | 29·26 | (4·89) | 75·22 | (11·65) |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 30·36 | (7·00) | 74·85 | (17·41) |
| North Tyneside | 25·56 | (8·30) | 48·48 | (12·26) |
| South Tyneside | 27·22 | (4·81) | 95·85 | (9·24) |
| Sunderland | 23·19 | (6·15) | 76·03 | (9·12) |
| Avon | 17·62 | (6·01) | 48·75 | (11·37) |
| Bedfordshire | 28·28 | (9·53) | 86·88 | (23·60) |
| Berkshire | 33·07 | (13·88) | 75·33 | (23·85) |
| Buckinghamshire | 32·59 | (15·51) | 72·90 | (17·13) |
| Cambridgeshire | 42·32 | (11·98) | 79·84 | (21·62) |
| Cheshire | 25·80 | (8·86) | 56·49 | (18·39) |
| Cleveland | 11·84 | (7·27) | 34·10 | (11·16) |
| Cornwall | 37·15 | (12·32) | 63·84 | (21·77) |
| Cumbria | 36·69 | (13·11) | 58·74 | (15·67) |
| Derbyshire | 29·35 | (8·50) | 74·40 | (14·87) |
| Devon | 37·40 | (12·12) | 65·14 | (20·11) |
| Dorset | 38·56 | (11·63) | 80·62 | (13·72) |
| Durham | 28·51 | (9·47) | 67·70 | (16·44) |
| East Sussex | 32·56 | (11·04) | 77·26 | (17·78) |
| Essex | 36·19 | (9·69) | 81·08 | (14·11) |
| Gloucestershire | 29·42 | (11·93) | 59·02 | (19·40) |
| Hampshire | 35·55 | (2·28) | 78·86 | (4·72) |
| Hereford and Worcester | 28·44 | (11·13) | 57·92 | (14·98) |
| Hertfordshire | 40·59 | (14·97) | 76·11 | (20·18) |
| Humberside | 32·68 | (8·96) | 60·98 | (13·00) |
| Isle of Wight | 32·74 | (11·92) | 54·37 | (11·61) |
| Kent | 29·02 | (9·00) | 71·61 | (14·15) |
| Lancashire | 30·13 | (9·59) | 65·70 | (13·22) |
| Leicestershire | 31·59 | (11·26) | 81·42 | (16·36) |
| Lincolnshire | 16·22 | (10·94) | 29·03 | (17·69) |
| Norfolk | 29·63 | (8·27) | 56·04 | (12·29) |
| North Yorkshire | 31·24 | (5·95) | 68·37 | (7·48) |
| Northamptonshire | 33·41 | (7·81) | 74·41 | (18·34) |
| Northumberland | 33·32 | (11·07) | 72·62 | (16·92) |
| Nottinghamshire | 35·60 | (11·74) | 66·56 | (18·25) |
| Oxfordshire | 43·28 | (8·01) | 103·89 | (17·59) |
| Shropshire | 30·94 | (10·74) | 64·32 | (18·54) |
| Somerset | 37·22 | (6·64) | 90·56 | (14·45) |
| Staffordshire | 36·68 | (9·92) | 77·80 | (13·44) |
Local authority
| Nursery and primary schools
| Secondary schools
| ||
Books and equipment
| (of which books)
| Books and equipment
| (of which books)
| |
| Suffolk | 29·28 | (8·97) | 54·73 | (14·02) |
| Surrey | 21·48 | (5·45) | 94·51 | (11·93) |
| Warwickshire | 25·68 | (8·82) | 98·23 | (16·12) |
| West Sussex | 34·85 | (10·22) | 73·25 | (16·21) |
| Wiltshire | 40·32 | (26·49) | 71·08 | (32·56) |
1 The figures are based on local education authority expenditure and pupil number returns to the relevant Government Departments. | ||||
2 n/a denotes that an expenditure return has not been received from the local education authority, or that a separate figure for books has not been provided. | ||||
Table 3
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E. Land Averages Expenditure per pupil
| ||||
Cash
| Nursery and primary schools
| Secondary schools
| ||
Year
| Books and equipment £
| (of which books) £
| Books and equipment £
| (of which books) £
|
| 1978–79 | 12·88 | (4·24) | 24·40 | (7·17) |
| 1984–85 | 23·60 | (7·25) | 42·53 | (10·15) |
| 1988–89 | 32·14 | (8·95) | 69·79 | (14·25) |
Real terms at 1978–79 prices
| Nursery and primary schools
| Secondary schools
| ||
Year
| Books and equipment £
| (of which books) £
| Books and equipment £
| (of which books) £
|
| 1978–79 | 12·88 | (4·24) | 24·40 | (7·17) |
| 1984–85 | 13·24 | (4·07) | 23·86 | (5·69) |
| 1988–89 | 14·61 | (4·07) | 31·73 | (6·51) |