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Welsh Office

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Mr. Win Griffiths: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list by local authority the spending per pupil in (a) cash and (b) real terms in each of the last three years for which figures are available. [60615] Mr. Hain: The information requested is given in the following table. (a) Gross revenue expenditure on schools Expenditure per pupil (£) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Cash values Constant 1998-99 prices (b) (c) (c) (b) (c) (c) Local authority 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 Blaenau Gwent 2,321 2,170 2,402 2,447 2,230 2,402 Bridgend 2,303 2,176 2,388 2,428 2,236 2,388 Caerphilly 2,253 2,129 2,323 2,376 2,187 2,323 Cardiff 2,131 2,041 2,245 2,246 2,097 2,245 Carmarthenshire 2,428 2,490 2,750 2,560 2,559 2,750 Ceredigion 2,723 2,680 3,015 2,870 2,754 3,015 Conwy 2,265 2,072 2,350 2,388 2,129 2,350 Denbighshire 2,224 2,032 2,305 2,344 2,088 2,305 Flintshire 2,132 2,087 2,321 2,247 2,144 2,321 Gwynedd 2,527 2,406 2,608 2,664 2,473 2,608 Isle of Anglesey 2,362 2,345 2,541 2,490 2,409 2,541 Merthyr Tydfil 2,319 2,305 2,471 2,444 2,369 2,471 Monmouthshire 2,208 2,208 2,422 2,327 2,269 2,422 Neath Port Talbot 2,334 2,355 2,502 2,461 2,419 2,502 Newport 2,155 2,170 2,377 2,271 2,230 2,377 Pembrokeshire 2,460 2,412 2,625 2,594 2,479 2,625 Powys 2,597 2,555 2,819 2,737 2,625 2,819 Rhondda Cynon Taff 2,317 2,385 2,505 2,443 2,450 2,505 Swansea 2,259 2,195 2,339 2,382 2,255 2,339 Torfaen 2,161 2,099 2,274 2,278 2,157 2,274 Vale of Glamorgan 2,072 1,903 2,141 2,184 1,956 2,141 Wrexham 2,179 2,047 2,339 2,297 2,103 2,339 Wales 2,283 2,223 2,431 2,407 2,284 2,431 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: (a) Includes all pre primary, primary, secondary and special schools, including grant maintained schools, plus pupil referral units. Includes re-charged schools management and administration costs, recoupment, school meals and the use of specific grants and reserves. Excludes nursery vouchers for 1997-98 and education service strategy and regulation throughout. The pupil numbers use the headcount of part time pupils, rather that the full time equivalent (b) Outturn (c) Budgets

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

60615; 319 c801-4W;319 c801-3W

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Finance Education Pupils Schools Wales

Contains statistics

Yes