HC Deb 05 February 1980 vol 978 c146W
23. Mr. Marks

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proportion of expenditure on primary and secondary education is devoted to the purchase of books.

Dr. Boyson

In 1978–79, the latest financial year for which details of actual expenditure are available, some 1.2 per cent. of total current expenditure on primary and secondary education in England and Wales was devoted to the purchase of books.