§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in the Official Report the estimated annual cost of State education for a family of two adults and two children of secondary school age.
§ Dr. BoysonThe cost would depend upon whether the adults followed any courses of further education. For example, if one was following a full-time advanced course in a polytechnic and the other was following a course at an adult education institute, the approximate public expenditure on the family's education in 1980–81, based on average unit costs, might have been as follows:
£(cash) Polytechnic advanced course* 3,466 Adult education course 392 Two secondary pupils 1,928 Total 5,786 * Excludes the cost of any maintenance award