§ Mr. St. John-Stevasasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list, for every year from 1945 to 1967–68, inclusive (a) the total education budget administered by his Department and (b) the portion of that budget spent on capital projects, both at 1977 survey prices.
§ Mr. McElhone,pursuant to my reply [Official Report, 24th November 1978, Vol. 958, c. 740], gave the following answer:
The available information at prices approximately equivalent to 1977 survey prices is shown in the following table:
EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION IN SCOTLAND Financial year Total £ million Capital included in (a) (a) (b) 1960–61 400 61 1961–62 439 65 1962–63 422 74 1963–64 453 82 1964–65 476 90 1965–66 460 75 1966–67 505 79 1967–68 529 95 These figures relate to expenditure for which the Secretary of State for Scotland was responsible and accordingly exclude
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