§ Mr. St. John-Stevasasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list for every year from 1945 to 1967–68, inclusive (a) the total budget administered by her Department and (b) the portion of that budget spent on capital projects, both at 1977 survey prices.
§ Mr. OakesThis information is not readily available in precisely the form requested but the following table shows total expenditure on education in England and Wales from 1960–61 to 1967–78 with capital expenditure shown separately, at prices approximately equivalent to 1977 survey prices.
EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION IN ENGLAND AND WALES £ million at 1977 prices Financial year Total(i) Capital included in(i) (ii) 1960–61 3,406 497 1961–62 3,451 611 1962–63 3,602 647 1963–64 3,798 681 1964–65 4,087 751 1965–66 4,232 681 1966–67 4,552 755 1967–68 4,836 840 Certain additional information related to educational building financed from public sources from 1946 and other educational expenditure by public authorities from 1952-53 at outturn prices is contained in the annual volumes of Statistics of Education from 1962, copies of which are available in the Library.