§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if, further to his answer of 13 May, Official Report, columns 433–4, he will publish in the Official Report particulars showing which items of expenditure account for the difference between the United Kingdom and each of the other countries concerned at the secondary level, including salaries, school books and equipment, and maintenance of buildings.
§ Mr. DunnThe available information is shown in the following table based on my pursuant answer of 12 June, at column278. No breakdown by level is available for the United States of America. The proportion of administrative and other educational expenditure unallocated to educational levels varies between the countries concerned affecting these comparisons.