§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much each education authority has spent on books in each year since 1970 to the latest convenient date at 1979 prices; and how much this represents per pupil in each case.
§ Dr. BoysonMy Department does not prepare figures of expenditure for each local education authority. Certain analyses of their estimates and expenditure are contained in the education statistics published annually by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy copies of which are available in the Library.