§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in the Official Report the level of education spending by his Department for each of the last five years expressed as a proportion of the gross domestic product.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe information is given in the following table:
Percentage of Scottish GDP represented by Central Government expenditure on education within the responsibility of the Secretary of State Year Percentage 1980–81 1.07 1981–82 1.07 1982–83 0.96 1983–84 0.91 1984–85 0.88