HC Deb 02 February 1970 vol 795 c33W
96. Mr. Willey

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the annual expenditure on empirical research into education; and what is this sum expressed as a percentage of the total expenditure on education.

Mr. Edward Short

Annual expenditure from public sources is of the order of £2 million which is about 0.1 per cent. of the total public expenditure on education.