HC Deb 07 December 1982 vol 33 c486W
53. Mr. Squire

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, for each of the three years ended 1981–82, what proportion of education expenditure has been on adult education.

Mr. William Shelton

The figures for 1979–80 and 1980–81 derived from the Government expenditure White Paper—Cmnd. 8494—are 0.73 per cent. and 0.66 per cent. For 1981–82 the provisional figure is 0.68 per cent. which is based on the latest outturn.