Question to the Department for Education:

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.

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]

[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-education-and-childrens-services-spending-2013-to-2014

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-and-expenditure-in-academies-in-england-2013-to-2014