§ Mr. Alexander W. Lyonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proportion of the national expenditure on schools in each of the last 10 years has been spent in York.
§ Mr. CroslandThe information is as follows:
Current expenditure by York County Borough on nursery, primary, secondary and special schools as a proportion of such expenditure by all local education authorities in England and Wales. Financial Year Percentage 1956–57 0.253 1957–58 0.246 1958–59 0.245 1959–60 0.246 1960–61 0.242 1961–62 0.238 1962–63 0.236 1963–64 0.234 1964–65 0.236 1965–66 0.231 NOTES:
1. Loan charges, capital expenditure from revenue and expenditure on school transport, maintenance allowances and school meals and milk are excluded.
2. The decline in York's share of total expenditure has been slightly less marked than the decline in its share of the total school 162W population. Both in 1955–56 and in 1965–66 expenditure per pupil in York was higher than the average for county boroughs.