§ 32. Mr. Shepherdasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give an estimate of the percentage of the national income that is spent in this country on education, including private education and universities.
§ Sir E. BoyleEstimates of the percentage of the gross national product for the years 1956–57 to 1960–61 represented by public expenditure on education, including the universities, were given in the reply to the hon. Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Mr. Swingler) on 1st May. Comprehensive statistics are not available for private expenditure an education but it is estimated that such expenditure has recently represented about 0.3 per cent. of the gross national product.