Pre-school and Primary Education (Hansard, 27 June 1972)

HC Deb 27 June 1972 vol 839 c312W 312W

§ Mr. Knox
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of the national income of West Germany was devoted to current expenditure on pre-school and primary education in the most recent year for which statistics are available; and how this compares with the United Kingdom for the same year.

§ Mr. van Straubenzee
From information contained in the UNESCO Year Book for 1969, current expenditure in the financial year 1967–68 on pre-school and first level education amounted to an estimated 1.2 per cent. of the gross national product in West Germany and to an estimated 1.0 per cent. in the United Kingdom. The education systems concerned have, however, salient differences that can affect the comparability of the figures.