§ Mr. Humeasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what figures are available to him to indicate the 442W total expenditure on books by each of the education and library boards in Northern Ireland for each of the past six years.
§ Mr. ScottFigures available include expenditure on practice materials (such as rulers, compasses, clay, wood, 443W chemicals etc), as well as on books at schools and institutions of further education and on books purchased for public libraries. They are as follows:
£000s Area boards 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 Belfast 1,717 1,708 1,857 1,694 1,437 1,512 North-Eastern 1,722 1,858 1,778 1,937 2,013 2,177 South-Eastern 1,277 1,363 1,227 1,362 1,352 1,560 Southern 1,399 1,463 1,472 1,501 1,527 1,549 Western 1,241 1,299 1,371 1,359 1,374 1,432 All boards 7,356 7,691 7,705 7,853 7,703 8,230