HC Deb 26 July 1979 vol 971 c361W
Mr. Skeet

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will indicate the percentage of the total expenditure on education spent on the youth service.

Mr. Macfarlane

In 1977–78, the latest year for which information on actual outturn of current and capital expenditure is available, around 1 per cent. of the total expenditure on education was spent on the youth service.