§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in the Official Report figures 307W showing expenditure by all higher education institutions and colleges on furniture, books, paper, &c., in Wales, showing in each case the proportion of expenditure in Wales.
(£'000) Polytechnic Other major Colleges of Further Education Evening Institutes Other Further Education Colleges of Education Total Furniture and fittings 4.0 (0.2%) 60.6 (0.4%) 15.8 (2.1%) 4.5 (0.1%) 34.7 (0.6%) 119.6 (0.4%) Text books and library books. 23.3 1.3%) 141.1 (0.9%) 6.1 (0.8%) 5.1 (0.1%) 86.5 (1.5%) 262.1 (0.8%) Education and PE equipment, stationery. 89.2 (4.9%) 920.9 (6.1%) 23.9 (3.2%) 23.8 (0.7%) 176.0 (3.0%) 1,233.8 (3.7%) Other equipment and materials. 30 (0.2%) 71.7 (0.5%) 3.3 (0.5%) 14.2 (0.4%) 35.0 (0.6%) 127.2 (0.4%) The figures in brackets indicate for each category of institution the proportions of their total expenditure which these items constitute. Comparable data for the University of Wales are not available but in the academic year 1972–73 its expenditure included the following:
£000 Proportion of total expenditure by the institution Per cent. Consumables 487 2.5 Apparatus and equipment 48 0.3 Library: Books 218 11 Periodicals 185 1.0 Binding 40 0.2