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Expenditure per pupil in England: pounds 1,635
Daily spending of unelected Universities Funding Council: pounds 6,857,000
Months between regular IRA bombings of the City of London: 3
Weekly NHS spending on drugs acting on the skin: pounds 2,000,000
Written complaints to NHS health authorities in 1990-91: 37,350
Current annual cost of preparations for privatising tax collection: pounds 1,300,000
Household burglaries per hour: 91
Minutes taken to construct a standard personal computer: 10
Cities in Italy imposing a total central
traffic ban: 11
In Britain: 0
Percentage of glass containers recycled in Switzerland: 71
In Britain: 21
Cow-pat equivalents of nitrogen falling in rain on each hectare of UK land: 8,000
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