asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how the total amount of public finance spent on education in Scotland in 1971 compares with the estimated figure for 1975–76.

The figures given in Table 2–17 of Cmnd. 5879, which include expenditure on libraries and museums but exclude university expenditure other than on student awards, and are at constant (1974 Survev) prices were: 1971–72. £381 million; '1975–76. £449 million.