Education Expenditure

HC Deb 01 November 1993 vol 231 cc53-4W

Mr. Beggs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will publish in statistical form expenditure on education as a percentage of gross domestic product in each member state of the European Community.

Mr. Boswell

The readily available information is as follows:

Total public expenditure on education1 as a percentage of Gross National Product
Country	Calendar year 1989
Belgium	25.2
Denmark	7.4
France	5.4
Germany, Fed	4.1
Italy	34.8
Netherlands	6.5
Spain	4.8
United Kingdom	4.6
	(4.74)
Sources:
Unesco Statistical Yearbook 1992
Education Statistics for the United Kingdom 1992

1 Includes subsidies to the private sector.

2 Ministry of Education only.

31987 data.

41990 data.