§ 21. Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is his current estimate of the likely increase or decrease in expenditure on primary school education in 1980.
§ Mr. Mark CarlisleThe Government's expenditure plans assume that, between 1978–79 and 1980–81, current expenditure on primary schools in England and Wales will fall by about £70 million or 44½ per cent., as pupil numbers fall by 8 per cent.