Vol. 508 No. 1
920 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide details of the cost per pupil to the Exchequer in each of the pre-school, primary, secondary and tertiary education sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18134/99]
The estimated unit costs to the Exchequer per student at primary, post-primary and third-level education based on analysis of the 1998 data available to my Department are as follows:
Primary£1,786 Post-Primary£2,645 Third-Level£4,016 The estimated unit cost to the Exchequer of a pre-school child based on an analysis of expenditure on the early start pilot project and pre-school projects for traveller children is £1,430. These initiatives do, of course, involve significantly shorter periods each day.
