§ Mr. Marksasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is her estimate of the total expenditure on books in primary and secondary schools, respectively, required to give effect to the recommendation of the Association of Education Committees for reasonable and good allowances, respectively.
§ Mrs. ThatcherOn the basis of the latest recommendations of the Association of Education Committees and of the forecast number of pupils in England and Wales in January, 1972, I estimate that the expenditure on text books would be :
£ million Primary Reasonable 9.4 Good 11.6 Secondary Reasonable 10.0 Good 11.6