§ Mr. Clifton-BrownTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of her Department's budget in
Proportion of expenditure on sectors of education as percentage of total local and central Government education expenditure 1994–951 1989–90 1984–85 1979–80 Nursery2 — 4.2 2.6 2.1 Primary 22.1 19.5 19.2 20.3 Secondary3 23.3 27 29.9 28.2 Special schools4 5 3.5 3.3 3 Schools capital5 2.2 4.1 2.5 4.3 Higher and further education6 35.9 28.5 30.1 28.7 Other7 11.5 13.2 12.4 13.4 1Central Government element of figures based on planned expenditure. Local Authority recurrent expenditure is taken from local authority Revenue Account budget returns. Schools capital expenditure figures do not allow for Local Authorities' self-financed expenditure. The figures in this column are therefore not directly comparable with those in other columns, which report outturn expenditure. 2For 1989–90 only figures include rising fives in primary schools. Figures for 1994–95 have been included in figures for primary schools, as the figures available do not fully disaggregate funding on nursery provision from primary provision. 3Figures include expenditure on assisted places, recurrent expenditure on CTCs and music and ballet schools. 4Figures have been shown separately for special schools which often have pupils of both primary and secondary age. 5Figures showing the split of capital expenditure between primary and secondary schools are not available. 6Figures include expenditure on institutional recurrent and capital funding, mandatory student awards (maintenance grants and tuition fees), discretionary awards, postgraduate awards, student loans, access funds and adult education. Mandatory awards programme also covers Wales. In 1979–80, 1984–85 and 1989–90 the Department was responsible through the University Grants Committee and the Universities Funding Council for recurrent funding to universities in Scotland and Wales. The figures have been adjusted to remove this element of expenditure. 7Includes expenditure on administration, research programme, youth service, school meals, transport, teachers' centres, child guidance and pupil support.