§ Mr. Lewisasked the Minister of Education the total expenditure on education made by his Department in each of the years from 1951, taking the £1 as being worth 20s. in spending value in 1951 and making allowance for depreciation of its spending value for each of the years since that date.
§ Sir D. EcclesTotal net expenditure by the Ministry of Education to the nearest £million has been as follows:
1951–52 … … £197 1952–53 … … £214 1953–54 … … £227 1954–55 … … £249 1955–56 (provisional) … … £276 There is no index suitably constructed to measure changes in the prices of the goods and services used in education; I cannot therefore adjust these figures to allow for changes in their purchasing power.