§ Dr. Kingasked the Minister of Education what percentage of the Budgets of 1938 and 1955, respectively, were spent on education; and what was the number of schoolchildren in each of these years.
§ Sir D. EcclesExchequer expenditure on education including universities in 1955–56 is estimated to be 7.11 per cent. of all Government ordinary expenditure, compared with 5.95 per cent. in 1938–39. The number of pupils at grant-aided primary and secondary schols, excluding special schools, was 7,460,000 in 1955 compared with 6,322,000 in 1938. The figures for educational expenditure and the numbers of children relate to England,144W Wales and Scotland. Capital expenditure has increased very substantially in comparison with pre-war.