§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, further to his answer of 13 May, Official Report, columns 433–34, if he will publish in the Official Report (i) the purchasing power parities used in converting foreign currencies to sterling, (ii) the comparable parities for 1976, 1979 and 1985, (iii) the actual rates of exchange in 1983 and (iv) the basis of his calculations in cases where the information is for years prior to 1983.
Consumer Price Indices (CPIs), Purchasing Power Parities (PPs) and Exchange Rates Year Local currency Unit cost in local currency CPI change from year stated to 1983 per cent. 1983 Provisional PPPs used in earlier answer Revised PPPs‡ Rate of exchange 1983 1st level* 2nd level† 1976 1979 1983 1984 France 1980 Francs 6,124 10,919 39.0 11.71 12.64 11.48 11.79 12.09 11.56 Germany, Federal Republic of 1982 Deutsche Marks 4,068 ║5,694 3.3 4.45 7.20 5.58 4.35 4.25 3.87 Japan ¶ 1982 Yen 332,053 423,499 1.9 387 734 574 412 395 361 United States of America 1981 Dollars 2,658 9.5 1.82 2.64 2.24 1.99 1.96 1.52 * Equates broadly with primary (compulsory) education. † Equates broadly with secondary school education and non-advanced further education. ‡ 1985 data not available. ║ Excludes students in part-time vocational education, some 1.8 million, although their associated expenditure is included. ¶ Excludes public subsidies to private sector and pupils in private sector elementary, lower secondary and upper secondary schools. Includes capital expenditure, special and pre-compulsory school education.
Sources:
OECD "Purchasing Power Parities and Real Expenditures in the OECD" (1985) page 92.
Department of Employment "Employment Gazette", table 6.8 (Consumer Price Indices).
UNESCO Statistical Yearbook 1985.
"Statistical Abstract of Education, Science and Culture", 1983 edition (Japan).
"Basic and Structural Data", 1984–85 (Federal Republic of Germany).