§ Mr. John MarshallTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the percentage of GDP spent on education in(a) the United Kingdom and (b) other EU countries. [13253]
§ Mrs. Angela KnightThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. John Marshall, dated 3 February 1997.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question on the percentage of GDP spent on education in the United Kingdom und other FU countries.474WThe information requested for the latest year for which data are available for all EU countries is shown in the table. The latest figure for the United Kingdom is 5 per cent for 1995. The Figures are published in table DD of Education Statistics for the United Kingdom 1996, which in turn is derived from information provided by each country to OECD for its latest edition of Education at a glance. Copies of both publications are available in the House of Commons Library.
Public education expenditure as a percentage of GDP, 1993 Per cent. Austria 5.3 Belgium 5.6 Denmark 6.7 Finland 7.3 France 5.6 Germany 4.6 Greece 3.4 Ireland 5.3 Italy 5.0 Luxembourg n/a Netherlands 4.9 Portugal 5.3 Spain 4.5 Sweden 6.7 United Kingdom 5.0 Source:
Education at a Glance, OECD December 1996.