Derek Twigg – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Derek Twigg on 2015-11-03.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the average amount spent on new school textbooks in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each year since 2010.
Nick Gibb
The Department for Education does not collect data on the specific amount schools spend on textbooks.
The department publishes the amount of money spent on educational resources, including textbooks. This information is published in releases which can be found online at GOV.UK.[1]
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-and-expenditure-in-academies-in-england-2013-to-2014
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