HC Deb 24 July 1919 vol 118 c1594W
Captain W. BENN

asked the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will state the amount expended on public education in Egypt for the years 1900, 1910, and 1918, or for any similar series of dates for which he may have figures?

Mr. HARMSWORTH

Amounts ex pended on public education in Egypt are as follows:

  1. (a) By Ministry of Education:
    • 1900£E.109,001
    • 1910£E. 333,377.
    • 1918£E.410,753
  2. (b) The creation of provincial councils m 1910, with power to impose taxation up to a maximum amount equal to 5 per cent. of the local assessment of the province to Land Tax, has resulted in the expenditure of considerable sums on elementary education. In 1912 the total amount devoted by provincial councils to education was £E. 240, 746.

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