§ Mr. WESTWOODasked the President of the Board of Education, what was the amount paid for education in England by the State in each of the years 1919 to 1925?
§ Lord E. PERCYThe expenditure of the Board of Education on education in England and Wales for the years in question was:
£ 1919–20 … … … 32,711,000 1920–21 … … … 5,440,000 1921–22 … … … 47,853,000 1922–23 … … … 41,731,000 1923–24 … … … 40,633,000 1924–25 … … … 40,779,000 These figures must, of course, not be taken as representing the giants paid to local education authorities, as to which I would refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Bosworth (Captain Gee) on the 3rd December, a copy of which I am sending him. The higher figures include, inter alia, large sums in respect of special post-War services.