Expenditure (Hansard, 6 July 1982)

HC Deb 06 July 1982 vol 27 cc79-80W 80W

§ Mr. Knox
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of the gross national product was allocated to education expenditure in 1945, 1960, and the most recent year for which figures are available.

§ Sir Keith Joseph
Figures showing education expenditure in the United Kingdom as a proportion of gross national product are only readily available from 1950–51:

Year per cent.

1950–51 2.7

1960–61 3.6

^*1980–81 5.5

^* Provisional.

Year	per cent.
1950–51	2.7
1960–61	3.6
^*1980–81	5.5
^* Provisional.