§ Mr. Wardasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the percentage change in real terms in expenditure on education since May 1979.
§ Sir Keith JosephBetween the academic years 1978–79 and 1982–83, a period over which the school population fell by about 10 per cent. expenditure on education in England, including universities in Great Britain, is estimated to have fallen by about one percentage point in 1981–82 cost terms.