HC Deb 05 November 1991 vol 198 cc56-7W
Mrs. Beckett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a series going back to 1978–79 in(a) cash prices, (b) 1990–91 prices and (c) as a proportion of GDP, Government spending on education, sub-divided into primary, secondary and others both in total and divided into (i) capital spending, net and gross of receipts, and (ii) current.

Mr. Fallon

The available information on actual expenditure by the Department of Education and Science is shown in the tables. The records do not show a breakdown of expenditure between the primary and secondary schools sector. The figures for receipts appropriated in aid are aggregated for schools and other education and do not distinguish between capital and recurrent receipts.

Department of Education and Science: Expenditure
£ million
1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91
Cash
Schools
capital 16 20 22 24 22 19 25 31 27 32 57 82 115
current 24 27 26 29 29 26 44 56 62 74 84 1102 1128
Other
capital 82 108 116 121 124 122 126 138 152 151 166 2254 2292
current 1,120 1,360 1,731 1,900 2,016 2,151 2,191 2,217 2,294 2,606 2,818 24,074 24,725
Total 1,242 1,515 1,895 2,074 2,191 2,318 2,386 2,442 2,535 2,863 3,125 4,512 5,260
Receipts appropriated in aid 9 14 2 4 4 8 9 8 10 11 12 112 115
1990–91 prices
Schools
capital 40 43 40 40 34 28 35 42 35 39 65 88 115
current 61 58 48 48 45 27 62 75 80 91 96 110 128
Other
capital 207 234 212 202 193 181 178 185 197 186 190 274 292
current 2,825 2,941 3,163 3,166 3,136 3,199 3,101 2,976 2,976 3,209 3,230 4,390 4,725
Total 3,133 3,277 3,462 3,456 3,409 3,447 3,376 3,278 3,288 3,526 3,582 4,862 5,260
Receipts 23 30 4 7 6 12 13 11 13 14 14 13 15
As a proportion of GDP
Schools
capital 0.009 0.010 0.009 0.009 0.008 0.006 0.008 0.009 0.007 0.008 0.012 0.016 0.021
current 0.014 0.013 0.011 0.011 0.010 0.009 0.014 0.016 0.016 0.017 0.018 0.020 0.023
Other
capital 0.048 0.053 0.050 0.047 0.044 0.040 0.039 0.039 0.040 0.036 0.035 0.050 0.053
current 0.656 0.664 0.741 0.741 0.719 0.707 0.672 0.622 0.598 0.614 0.597 0.799 0.864
Total 0.728 0.739 0.811 0.809 0.781 0.762 0.732 0.685 0.661 0.675 0.662 0.885 0.962
1 Figures do not include annual maintenance grant to GM schools, recouped from LEAs. The cash figures for this were £15 million for 1989–90 and £59 million for 1990–91.
2 Includes institutions transferred from LEA sector.