HC Deb 07 November 1996 vol 284 cc682-3W
Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list in(a) cash and (b) constant price terms the resources that have gone into education in each year since 1979, and the percentage of the departmental budget which has been devoted to education in each year. [2065]

Mr. Ancram

The information is set out in the table:

Education as percentage of
Year Education cash £m Expenditure1 1996–97 prices (a)NI expenditure2 (b)NI managed block3
1979–80 388 1,017 15.9 20.5
1980–81 458 1,014 15.8 20.6
1981–82 499 1,008 15.5 20.7
1982–83 534 1,007 15.3 20.8
1983–84 556 1,002 14.6 20.3
1984–85 580 995 14.1 19.7
1985–86 602 979 14.1 20.2
1986–87 695 1,097 15.4 22.4
1987–88 750 1,124 15.5 22.3
1988–89 812 1,141 15.9 20.7
1989–90 898 1,179 16.6 21.8
1990–91 1,004 1,221 18.2 24.5
1991–92 1,124 1,284 18.7 25.5
1992–93 1,203 1,319 18.3 25.3
1993–94 1,248 1,330 17.6 24.9
1994–95 1,295 1,356 17.5 25.1
1995–96 1,350 1,380 17.3 25.0
1996–97 planned 1,395 1,395 17.4 25.5
1 Includes youth training programme expenditure prior to 1992–93, when responsibility for this activity transferred to the Department of Economic Development.
2 NI expenditure is the total expenditure within the Secretary of State's responsibility within the control total. It includes NIO expenditure, and for the years prior to 1988–89, cyclical social security benefits.
3 Includes expenditure by the NIO and NI Departments, excluding national agricultural and fisheries support, and most social security benefits expenditure.

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