To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a table showing for each education authority in England and Wales the latest information available on spending per pupil on school education, ordered by that spending.
The available information for England is shown in the tables. Information for Wales is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
| 1Average net institutional expenditure per pupil in nursery and primary schools in England 1988–892 | ||
| LEA | £ | Rank |
| ILEA | 1,605 | 1 |
| Ealing | 1,385 | 2 |
| Brent | 1,375 | 3 |
LEA
| £
| Rank
|
| Newham | 1,360 | 4 |
| Hounslow | 1,270 | 5 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 1,255 | 6 |
| Barnet | 1,250 | 7 |
| Waltham Forest | 1,250 | 7 |
| Sheffield | 1,230 | 9 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 1,225 | 10 |
| Merton | 1,210 | 11 |
| Walsall | 1,200 | 12 |
| Hillingdon | 1,195 | 13 |
| Wolverhampton | 1,190 | 14 |
| Croydon | 1,180 | 15 |
| Gateshead | 1,180 | 15 |
| Richmond-upon-Thames | 1,180 | 15 |
| Doncaster | 1,175 | 18 |
| Kingston-upon-Thames | 1,175 | 18 |
| Sandwell | 1,175 | 18 |
| Bromley | 1,165 | 21 |
| Knowsley | 1,165 | 21 |
| Bradford | 1,160 | 23 |
| Humberside | 1,155 | 24 |
| Leeds | 1,155 | 24 |
| Liverpool | 1,150 | 26 |
| South Tyneside | 1,150 | 26 |
| Calderdale | 1,145 | 28 |
| North Tyneside | 1,145 | 28 |
| Cumbria | 1,140 | 30 |
| Durham | 1,130 | 31 |
| Hertfordshire | 1,130 | 31 |
| Oldham | 1,125 | 33 |
| Oxfordshire | 1,125 | 33 |
| Rotherham | 1,125 | 33 |
| Bedfordshire | 1,115 | 36 |
| Harrow | 1,115 | 36 |
| Nottinghamshire | 1,115 | 36 |
| Tameside | 1,115 | 36 |
| Enfield | 1,110 | 40 |
| Kirklees | 1,110 | 40 |
| Bexley | 1,100 | 42 |
| Havering | 1,095 | 43 |
| Northumberland | 1,090 | 44 |
| Sutton | 1,090 | 44 |
| Leicestershire | 1,085 | 46 |
| Salford | 1,085 | 46 |
| Bury | 1,080 | 48 |
| Derbyshire | 1,080 | 48 |
| Cleveland | 1,075 | 50 |
| Shropshire | 1,075 | 50 |
| Norfolk | 1,070 | 52 |
| Redbridge | 1,070 | 52 |
| Wirral | 1,070 | 52 |
| Barnsley | 1,065 | 55 |
| Buckinghamshire | 1,065 | 55 |
| Coventry | 1,065 | 55 |
| Isle of Wight | 1,055 | 58 |
| Avon | 1,050 | 59 |
| Essex | 1,050 | 59 |
| St. Helens | 1,050 | 59 |
| Staffordshire | 1,050 | 59 |
| Surrey | 1,050 | 59 |
| Trafford | 1,050 | 59 |
| Wiltshire | 1,045 | 65 |
| Birmingham | 1,040 | 66 |
| Hampshire | 1,040 | 66 |
| Solihull | 1,040 | 66 |
| Stockport | 1,035 | 69 |
| Berkshire | 1,030 | 70 |
| North Yorkshire | 1,030 | 70 |
| East Sussex | 1,025 | 72 |
| Somerset | 1,025 | 72 |
| Warwickshire | 1,025 | 72 |
| Wigan | 1,025 | 72 |
| Dorset | 1,020 | 76 |
| Dudley | 1,020 | 76 |
| Suffolk | 1,020 | 76 |
| Bolton | 1,015 | 79 |
| Sefton | 1,015 | 79 |
| Cornwall | 1,010 | 81 |
LEA
| £
| Rank
|
| Gloucestershire | 1,010 | 81 |
| Cambridgeshire | 1,005 | 83 |
| Lincolnshire | 1,005 | 83 |
| Northamptonshire | 1,005 | 83 |
| Sunderland | 1,005 | 83 |
| West Sussex | 1,005 | 83 |
| Hereford and Worcester | 1,000 | 88 |
| Rochdale | 990 | 89 |
| Lancashire | 985 | 90 |
| Devon | 975 | 91 |
| Cheshire | 960 | 92 |
| Kent | 935 | 93 |
| Haringey | n.a. | — |
| Manchester | n.a. | — |
| Wakefield | n.a. | — |
Average net institutional expenditure1 per pupil in secondary schools in England, 1988–89 2
| ||
LEA
| £
| Rank
|
| ILEA | 2,505 | 1 |
| Waltham Forest | 2,435 | 2 |
| Brent | 2,305 | 3 |
| Ealing | 2,145 | 4 |
| Newham | 2,140 | 5 |
| Croydon | 2,040 | 6 |
| Knowsley | 1,990 | 7 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 1,970 | 8 |
| Coventry | 1,940 | 9 |
| Liverpool | 1,905 | 10 |
| Kingston-upon-Thames | 1,900 | 11 |
| Hounslow | 1,895 | 12 |
| Sandwell | 1,885 | 13 |
| Walsall | 1,885 | 13 |
| Hillingdon | 1,870 | 15 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 1,870 | 15 |
| Havering | 1,860 | 17 |
| Salford | 1,860 | 17 |
| Wigan | 1,845 | 19 |
| Dudley | 1,840 | 20 |
| South Tyneside | 1,825 | 21 |
| Barnet | 1,820 | 22 |
| Sheffield | 1,810 | 23 |
| North Tyneside | 1,780 | 24 |
| Bromley | 1,770 | 25 |
| Cleveland | 1,770 | 25 |
| Gateshead | 1,770 | 25 |
| Leicestershire | 1,770 | 25 |
| Derbyshire | 1,755 | 29 |
| Wirral | 1,755 | 29 |
| Hertfordshire | 1,745 | 31 |
| Nottinghamshire | 1,745 | 31 |
| Wolverhampton | 1,745 | 31 |
| Harrow | 1,740 | 34 |
| Redbridge | 1,735 | 35 |
| Bury | 1,730 | 36 |
| Stockport | 1,730 | 36 |
| Buckinghamshire | 1,715 | 38 |
| Enfield | 1,715 | 38 |
| St. Helens | 1,710 | 40 |
| Trafford | 1,710 | 40 |
| Rochdale | 1,700 | 42 |
| Shropshire | 1,695 | 43 |
| Humberside | 1,690 | 44 |
| Bexley | 1,685 | 45 |
| Cumbria | 1,685 | 45 |
| Calderdale | 1,665 | 47 |
| Oxfordshire | 1,665 | 47 |
| Sunderland | 1,665 | 47 |
| Merton | 1,660 | 50 |
| Tameside | 1,660 | 50 |
| Doncaster | 1,655 | 52 |
| Solihull | 1,650 | 53 |
| Barnsley | 1,645 | 54 |
| Birmingham | 1,640 | 55 |
| Richmond-upon-Thames | 1,640 | 55 |
| Bedfordshire | 1,635 | 57 |
LEA
| £
| Rank
|
| Bolton | 1,635 | 57 |
| Essex | 1,635 | 57 |
| Rotherham | 1,635 | 57 |
| Surrey | 1,635 | 57 |
| Warwickshire | 1,635 | 57 |
| Avon | 1,630 | 63 |
| Northumberland | 1,630 | 63 |
| Sutton | 1,630 | 63 |
| Kirklees | 1,620 | 66 |
| Lancashire | 1,620 | 66 |
| Staffordshire | 1,610 | 68 |
| Bradford | 1,605 | 69 |
| Sefton | 1,600 | 70 |
| North Yorkshire | 1,595 | 71 |
| Oldham | 1,590 | 72 |
| Norfolk | 1,585 | 73 |
| Hampshire | 1,580 | 74 |
| Durham | 1,575 | 75 |
| Berkshire | 1,570 | 76 |
| Somerset | 1,570 | 76 |
| East Sussex | 1,565 | 78 |
| Wiltshire | 1,555 | 79 |
| Cheshire | 1,545 | 80 |
| Gloucestershire | 1,545 | 80 |
| Leeds | 1,545 | 80 |
| Northamptonshire | 1,545 | 80 |
| Devon | 1,535 | 84 |
| West Sussex | 1,530 | 85 |
| Cornwall | 1,525 | 86 |
| Isle of Wight | 1,495 | 87 |
| Dorset | 1,490 | 88 |
| Suffolk | 1,485 | 89 |
| Cambridgeshire | 1,480 | 90 |
| Kent | 1,475 | 91 |
| Lincolnshire | 1,475 | 91 |
| Hereford and Worcester | 1,440 | 93 |
| Haringey | n./.a | — |
| Manchester | n./a. | — |
| Wakefield | n./a. | — |
1 Net institutional spending includes the cost of salaries and wages, premises and certain other supplies and services. The cost of school meals, central administration, and the financing of capital expenditure is not included. | ||
2 The figures are based on authorities' expenditure and pupil number returns to the relevant Government Departments. | ||