Written question asked by Keith Hampson (Conservative), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 14 November 1996. It was answered by Robin Squire (Conservative) on Thursday, 14 November 1996 on behalf of the Department for Education and Employment.

Dept for Education and Employment

Question: What has been the (a) pupil:teacher ratio in each year and (b) the expenditure per pupil in each year since 1980.

Answer: Dr. Hampson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what has been the (a) pupil:teacher ratio in each year and (b) the expenditure per pupil in each year since 1980. [3882] Mr. Squire: The available information is shown in the following table: Pupil: teacher ratio and expenditure per pupil for maintained nursery, primary and secondary{1} schools England 1979-1980 to 1995-1996 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Financial year Overall pupil: teacher ratio{2} Expenditure {3,4} per pupil (£) 1979-1980 18.7 513 1980-1981 18.6 651 1981-1982 18.5 740 1982-1983 18.1 811 1983-1984 17.9 872 1984-1985 17.8 924 1985-1986 17.6 991 1986-1987 17.3 1,110 1987-1988 17.0 1,238 1988-1989 17.0 1,361 1989-1990 17.0 1,487 1990-1991 17.2 1,623 1991-1992 17.2 1,749 1992-1993 17.7 1,857 1993-1994 18.1 1,866 1994-1995 18.3 1,890 1995-1996 18.5 n/a _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Excludes sixth form colleges from 1993-1994. {2} Position in January. {3} Net institutional expenditure in cash terms. {4} Includes LEA maintained schools only. n/a = not available.

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