Education Funding

HC Deb 08 July 1996 vol 281 cc42-3W

Mr. Win Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much funding in cash and real terms has been spent on the administration of the education department in each of the last four years; and what percentage of the total funding this represents(a) including and (b) excluding the funds of the higher and further education councils in Wales. [34816]

Mr. Hague

The information is given in the following table:

£ million
	1993–94	1994–95	1995–96	1996–97
Welsh Office Education Department Running Costs: 1
Cash	1.9352	2.0002	1.935	1.962
Real term 1994–95
prices	1.9711	2.0002	1.883	1.858
Above as a percentage of programme3 funding in cash terms:
Including the Welsh Funding Councils	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4
Excluding the Welsh Funding Councils	2.0	1.6	1.4	1.5
1 DRC figures for staffing costs, travel and subsistence, stationery and training.
2 Includes translation unit costs.
3 Excludes LEA Credit approvals.