§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) in drawing up the latest public expenditure plans, what estimates were made for numbers of lecturers to be employed in further education;
(2) in drawing up the latest public expenditure plans, what estimates were made of the education inflation rate; and, in particular, what allowances were made for increases in teachers' and lecturers' salary rates and levels of student grants in each of the years concerned;
(3) in drawing up the latest public expenditure plans, what estimates were made of the numbers of pupils attending nursery schools or classes, primary schools or secondary schools, and for the numbers of students attending further and higher education colleges and universities and polytechnics;
(4) in drawing up the latest public expenditure plans, what estimates were made for the amount of public expenditure on books in schools and colleges for each of the relevant years;
(5) in drawing up the latest public expenditure plans, what estimates were made for the number of teachers to be employed in primary schools and secondary schools;
(6) in drawing up the latest public expenditure plans, what estimates were made for the proportion of pupils over 16 years who would stay on in full-time education for each of the relevant years.
§ Sir Keith JosephI am making a statement today about the Government's plans for expenditure on education in 1984–85. The Government's decisions about their plans for 1985–86 and 1986–87 will be embodied in the next public expenditure White Paper, which will be published in the new year.