§ Mr. SillarsTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list those years in the period 1974 to 1989 when financial cuts in real terms were made in public expenditure on Scottish education.
§ Mr. LangThe years in the period 1974–75 to 1988–89 where the rate of increase in education expenditure was less than the rate of increase in the GDP deflator are as follows:
1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1979–80 1982–83 1983–84 1985–86