§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will indicate, for each of the last 10 years, the annual percentage increase in (a) monetary and (b) real terms of educational expenditure, showing separately the figures for capital con 441W struction and revenue expenditure; and what are the projected figures for the current year.
GROWTH IN EDUCATION EXPENDITURE (Percentages) Financial Years In Monetary Terms In Real Terms Recurrent Capital Recurrent Capital 1965–66 to 1966–67 … … 9.7 9.9 N.A. 6.0 1966–67 to 1967–68 … … 10.6 17.1 4.0 15.8 1967–68 to 1968–69 … … 6.3 2.0 4.3 −1.4 1968–69 to 1969–70 … … 9.1 −4.5 3.1 −10.5 1969–70 to 1970–71 … … 14.6 14.2 5.1 6.2 1970–71 to 1971–72 … … 17.1 24.2 4.8 13.3 1971–72 to 1972–73 … … 18.6 18.0 7.1 7.4 1972–73 to 1973–74 … … 16.5 16.0 6.3 −3.0 1973–74 to 1974–75 … … 39.0 −11.7 5.5 −19.7 1974–75 to 1975–76 … … N.A. N.A. 3.3* 1.4* * Estimated.