African Education (Hansard, 3 December 1957)

HC Deb 03 December 1957 vol 579 c23W 23W

§ Mr. Malcolm MacPherson
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what percentage of the total expenditure of the Northern Rhodesian Government during the present financial year is allocated to African education; and what were the percentages actually spent in each of the three preceding financial years.

§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd
The information is as follows (recurrent expenditure only):

1957–58 … … 10.8 per cent.

1956–57 … … ^*8.9 per cent.

1955–56 … … 10.3 per cent.

1954–55 … … 7.8 per cent.

^* This figure is approximate as the total actual expenditure for the year is not yet known and the total revised estimate has been used.

1957–58	…	…	10.8 per cent.
1956–57	…	…	^*8.9 per cent.
1955–56	…	…	10.3 per cent.
1954–55	…	…	7.8 per cent.
^* This figure is approximate as the total actual expenditure for the year is not yet known and the total revised estimate has been used.