HC Deb 26 October 1992 vol 212 cc448-9W
Mr. Pawsey

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the percentage of gross domestic product spent by the United Kingdom on education; what are the comparable figures for(a) Germany, (b) the United States and (c) Japan; and what account is taken of private education in those figures.

Mr. Forman

The readily available information is as follows:

Total Public Expenditure1 as a Percentage of Gross National Product (Calendar Year)
1988
United Kingdom 4.6
USA2 5.3
Germany 4.2
Japan2 4.3

Sources: UNESCO Statistical Yearbook 1991.

Education Statistics for the United Kingdom 1991.

1 Public subsidies to the private sector are included.

2 Estimated. Includes some private funds, but excludes fees.