§ Mr. Radiceasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) how the population of total public expenditure devoted to the education budget in Britain compares with other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries;
(2) how the proportion of gross domestic product spent on the education budget compares with the proportion spent in other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerThe readily available information is shown in the following table.
Total educational expenditure Country Year As percentage of gross national product1 As percentage of total government expenditure1 Australia 1983 6.0 13.6 Austria 1984 5.9 8.0 Belgium2 1984 6.0 13.8 Canada 1984 7.4 15.2 Denmark 1984 6.5 .. 1980 6.9 9.5 Finland 1983 5.7 13.1 France3 1982 5.8 .. Germany 1983 4.5 8.8 Greece 1982 2.6 .. 1979 2.2 8.4 Iceland4 1975 4.1 12.2 Ireland 1983 6.9 9.7 Italy 1983 5.7 9.6 Japan 1982 5.7 19.1 Luxembourg 1983 5.3 14.1 Netherlands 1982 7.7 .. New Zealand 1984 4.9 .. 1980 5.5 14.5 Norway 1983 7.0 129. Portugal 1982 4.8 .. 21975 4.0 11.2 Spain 1982 2.5 .. 1979 2.6 16.4 Sweden 1984 8.0 12.2 Switzerland 1983 5.1 18.8 Turkey 1984 2.5 .. 1980 2.7 10.5 United Kingdom 1983 5.3 11.5 United States of America 1981 6.7 .. 1975 6.5 18.1 Yugoslavia 1983 3.9 .. 1980 5.0 32.5 1 Sources: UNESCO Statistical Yearbook 1986, 1985, 1984. 2 Expenditure of the Ministry of Education only. 3 Metropolitan France. 4 Expenditure of Central Government only.
§ Mr. Radiceasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what has been the expenditure per pupil on books and equipment, in cash and constant prices, each year since 1978–79.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerThe information requested is given in the following table.
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Expenditure per pupil on books and equipment Primary and Secondary Schools (England) Cash terms Real terms (1984–85 prices) 1978–79 18.2 32.4 1979–80 20.2 30.8 1980–81 22.4 28.8
Cash terms Real terms (1984–85 prices) 1981–82 25.0 29.2 1982–83 28.6 31.2 1983–84 31.0 32.3 1984–85 32.9 32.9 Note: The cash figures for the earlier years have been repriced to 1984–85 prices using the Gross Domestic Product (Market Prices) Deflator.