§ Mr. Radiceasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what have been the levels of public expenditure on fee-charging schools by (a) central Government and (b) local government in each of the last five years in constant 1986–87 prices.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerThe information requested is given in the following table:
Financial Year DES expenditure (£m) Local government expenditure (£m) 1982–83 15.0 136.0 1983–84 21.0 135.0 1984–85 27.0 132.0 1985–86 33.0 1125.0 1986–87 42.0 2125.0 1 Provisional. 2 Estimated. These figures do not include expenditure by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office or the Ministry of Defence on fee-charging schools. Such expenditure is the responsibility of my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and for Defence.