§ Mr. David PorterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a table showing spending on primary and secondary education in total and per child in 1980–81 and in the last year for which figures are available, inflation adjusted.
§ Mr. FallonThe available data are as follows:
1980–81 1988–89 £ £ Nursery and primary Total school-based spending: cash terms: 2,300 million 4,200 million 1988–89 prices: 3,650 million 4,200 million School-based spending per pupil: cash terms: 545 1,100 1988–89 prices: 870 1,100 Secondary Total school-based spending: cash terms: 2,950 million 5,050 million 1988–89 prices: 4,700 million 5,050 million School-based spending per pupil: cash terms: 765 1,690 1988–89 prices: 1,215 1,690 Total Total school-based spending: cash terms: 5,250 million 9,250 million 1988–89 prices: 8,300 million 9,250 million School-based spending per pupil: cash terms: 650 1,360 1988–89 prices: 1,035 1,360 Notes to table:
1. The figures relate to net recurrent spending in nursery, primary and secondary schools. They do not include central services provided by local education authorities such as administration, inspection and transport, or capital spending. Nor do they cover special schools.
2. The figures are drawn from LEA returns of expenditure to the Department of the Environment and returns of pupil numbers to the Department of Education and Science.
3. The 1980–81 cash figures are converted to 1988–89 prices using current gross domestic product (market prices) deflators.
§ Mr. David PorterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the percentages of gross domestic product spent on primary and secondary education in each European Community member state in the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Alan HowarthThe data are available for public expenditure only and are shown in the table.
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Public expenditure on education Country Year of data1 Current expenditure As a percentage of GNP Proportion of which is expenditure 2 on 1st level3 percentage 2nd level3 percentage Belgium4 1987 5.1 52.50 46.3 Denmark 1987 7.6 5643.8 619.2 France7 1986 5.3 19.2 40.8 Germany, West 1986 4.0 13.8 49.0 Greece 1985 2.8 31.6 41.3 Ireland 1986 6.5 28.6 39.1
Country Year of data1 Current expenditure As a percentage of GNP Proportion of which is expenditure 2 on 1st level3 percentage 2nd level3 percentage Italy4 1983 4.5 21.3 37.3 Luxembourg4 1987 2.6 38.9 44.3 Netherlands 1985 5.9 522.6 35.9 Portugal4 1987 4.0 48.5 28.3 Spain 1986 2.9 658.9 619.3 United Kingdom 1987 4.6 24.9 45.1 1 Financial year of country commencing in year shown. 2 Some expenditure is unallocated by level. This varies from country to country. 3 1st level broadly equates with primary schools: 2nd level includes secondary schools and further education. However, the age ranges of primary and secondary education vary between countries due to differing educational structures. 4 Expenditure of Ministry of Education only. 5 Includes pre-primary expenditure. 6 Estimated. 7 France metropolitan Source: UNESCO Statistical Yearbook, 1989.