HC Deb 28 July 1988 vol 138 cc455-6W
Mr. McLeish

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the total expenditure on secondary education in Scotland in each of the years 1979 to 1987 inclusive, in cash and real terms and by central Government and the local education authority section.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The available information is given in the following table:

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The timetable will depend upon a number of factors, notably the movement in boards' SHARE targets, themselves dependent upon other changes, for example in population.