§ Mr. Charles Morrisonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much public money was spent in 1965 on the education of the following age groups, four to 11 years, 11 years to school-leaving, the normal technical college and university age group, and the age group from university-leaving up to 55 years, respectively.
§ Mr. CroslandInformation in this form is not available, but the following table gives details of expenditure on education in 1964–65.
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION IN GREAT BRITAIN (1) FINANCIAL YEAR 1964–65 Service Expenditure (£m) Nursery and primary education 345.0 Secondary education 438.0 Further Education (2) (3) 187.8 Teacher training (3) 57.4 University education (3) 180.1 NOTES:
(1) Including current expenditure and capital expenditure from revenue and loans, but excluding debt charges.
(2) Including expenditure by local education authorities on adult education (mainly at evening institutes) which cannot be separated, and grants of £l.0m. from the Department of Education and Science to responsible bodies for adult education.
(3) Including awards to students.
The following items of expenditure have not been included:—
£m (a) Special education (primary and secondary) 28.6 (b) School meals and milk (primary and secondary) 87.0 (c) School health (primary and secondary) 18.3 (d) Transport of pupils (mainly secondary) 17.0 (e) Administration, recreation and social and physical training, and other education services 69.6