§ 42. Mr. Canavanasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what percentage of the overseas aid budget is spent on education.
§ Mr. Neil MartenWe spend about 12 per cent. of our bilateral aid programme on aid to education. The following table summarises our bilateral aid to education for 1980, the latest year for which published statistics are available, but it is not possible to quantify our aid to education through multilateral agencies. I have also arranged for copies to be placed in the Library of a recent paper published by my Department on "British Aid to Education in Developing Countries".
Following is the information.
£000s Support of experts and volunteers 28,618 British Council (including aid administration) 24,818 Training in education 8,369 Commonwealth education co-operation 2,546 Capital aid 2,700 Support for higher and technical education through the Inter University Council and TETOC 3,292 Miscellaneous schemes including books aid 2,526 Total: 72,869 Total bilateral programme £604 million.