Primary Education (Expenditure) (Hansard, 22 October 1968)

HC Deb 22 October 1968 vol 770 c272W 272W

§ Mr. Lane
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proportion of the gross national product was spent on primary education in each of the last 10 years.

§ Miss Bacon
The information is as follows:

Public Expenditure on Primary Education in the United Kingdom^*

as a Percentage of the Gross National Product

1958–59 1.2

1959–60 1.2

1960–61 1.2

1961–62 1.3

1962–63 1.3

1963–64 1.3

1964–65 1.3

1965–66 1.4

1966–67 1.4

1967–68 1.6

^*excluding expenditure on School Meals and Milk, Transport of Pupils, and the School Health Service.

Public Expenditure on Primary Education in the United Kingdom^*
	as a Percentage of the Gross National Product
1958–59	1.2
1959–60	1.2
1960–61	1.2
1961–62	1.3
1962–63	1.3
1963–64	1.3
1964–65	1.3
1965–66	1.4
1966–67	1.4
1967–68	1.6
^*excluding expenditure on School Meals and Milk, Transport of Pupils, and the School Health Service.