§ Mr. Radiceasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proportion of the total education budget has been attributed to expenditure on adult education in each year from 1979 to 1983.
§ Sir Keith JosephThe total net expenditure on adult education as a proportion of total net public expenditure on education during the period 1978–79 to 1982–83 was as follows:
Adult Education Expenditure as a Percentage of Total net Expenditure Financial Year Percentage 1978–79 0.67 1979–80 0.70 1980–81 0.66 1981–82 0.70 1982–83 0.74 Adult education expenditure does not include expenditure on adult and continued education provided in 13W polytechnics or other maintained FE establishments since such expenditure is not separately identifiable in the expenditure returns submitted by authorities.