§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will reconcile the apparent discrepancy for the expenditure on education in Wales, as shown in tables 3 and 4, for 1993–94, of his departmental report, "Government Expenditure and Revenue, Wales 1993–94", published on 8 January. [9514]
§ Mr. RichardsThere is no discrepancy. The figures in table 3 relate to expenditure per head, as stated in the title. They show that expenditure per head on education was 561W about the same in England as in Wales. The figures in table 4 relate to total expenditure. They show that expenditure on education in Wales was a smaller proportion of identifiable general Government expenditure than in England.