§ Mr. Watkinsonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the total expenditure on education in Gloucestershire in 1975, 1974 and 1973; what is the figure for 1976; and what is the proposed figure for 1977.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonGross expenditure on education by the Gloucestershire local education authority for the last three financial years for which actual information is available was as follows:
£000s Recurrent* Capital Total 1972–73 … 29,984.2 5,601.3 35,585.5 1973–74 … 34,904.1 5,131.6 40,035.7 1974–75 … 37,543.6 2,657.4 40,201.0 * Excludes loan charges. Forward estimates made by individual authorities have been included in the annual digests published jointly by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy and the Society of County Treasurers, copies of which are available in the Library. These are however, not on an entirely comparable basis with the figures quoted above.