§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will estimate the saving in public expenditure that would result from keeping current expenditure per pupil in real terms to the levels of 1973–75 and 1975–76.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonIt is not possible to give the information in the form requested because of the increased number of secondary pupils since 1973–74, the changes in teachers' salary structure since then and increases in the volume of non-teaching unit costs, and the effect of these factors on the current expenditure per pupil.