§ Mr. Fisherasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will express expenditure on higher education as a percentage of gross national product in each of the last 10 years for which statistics are available.
§ Mr. BrookeIt is more realistic to express such expenditure as a percentage of the gross domestic product. The following figures have been calculated accordingly
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Expenditure on higher education as percentage of GDP* percentage 1974–75 0.9 1975–76 1.0
percentage 1976–77 1.1 1977–78 1.0 1978–79 1.0 1979–80 1.0 1980–81 1.1 1981–82 1.0 1982–83 1.1 1983–84 1.0 * Expenditure figures are based on universities in Great Britain, while those for the public sector are based on England only. The GDP is calculated on a United Kingdom basis.
§ Mr. Fisherasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will express expenditure on higher education as a percentage of total public sector education expenditure in each of the last 10 years for which statistics are available.
§ Mr. BrookeThe information requested is as follows:
England: Expenditure on higher education as percentage of total public education expenditure Percentage 1974–75 17.9 1975–76 19.1 1976–77 22.6 1977–78 22.7 1978–79 22.8 1979–80 23.7 1980–81 24.1 1981–82 23.9 1982–83 24.4 1983–84 24.2