HC Deb 21 December 1932 vol 273 c1055
17. Mr. JANNER

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what facilities exist in Palestine for higher education; what financial support does this form of education receive from the Government of Palestine; and what other sources of support are there in that respect?

The SECRETARY of STATE for the COLONIES (Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister)

The institutions engaged in the furtherance of post-secondary education in Palestine are the Palestine Board of

Year. Total Expenditure on Education (a) Grants to Jewish Schools. Expenditure on Arab Education. Total Expenditure by Jewish bodies on Jewish Education.
1922–3 … … £P. 114,217 £P. 3,084 No information available (b). No information available.
1923–4 … … 97,279 2,995 No information available (b). No information available.
1924–5 … … 100,099 3,065 No information available (b). No information available.
1925–6 … … 101,392 3,879 No information available (b). No information available.
1926–7 … … 112,290 10,664 No information available (b). No information available.
Last 9 months of
1927 … … £P. 100,039 £P. 15,000 No information available (b). No information available.
1928 … … 138,000 20,247 No information available (b). 28–29 £P. 96,572 (c)
1929 … … 144,119 20,295 £P. 99,026 29–30 £P. 106,195 (c)
1930 … … 150,056 20,361 103,273 30–31 £P. 110,253 (c)
1931 … … 153,689 20,472 105,551 31–32 no information available.
(a) Estimates. These figures have been taken from the Annual Report of the Education Department for 1930–31. The remaining figures in this table have been taken from the Annual Reports for Palestine.
(b) It can be assumed that the greater part of the balance was spent on Arab education.
(c) Estimates.