HC Deb 10 December 1980 vol 995 c389W
Mr. Rowlands

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of the total education budget for 1980–81 has been cut.

Mr. Michael Roberts

The original 1980–81 budget estimates made by local authorities in Wales of their current expenditure on education, including school meals and milk, totalled £448.8 million at November 1979 prices. As a result of the Government's request for revised budgets, current expenditure on education, including school meals and milk, is estimated to total £443.9 million at November 1979 prices. This represents a reduction of 1.1 per cent.