asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in the Official Report figures showing expenditure by all higher education institutions and colleges on furniture, books, paper, &c., in Wales, showing in each case the proportion of expenditure in Wales.

(£'000)
	Polytechnic	Other major Colleges of Further Education	Evening Institutes	Other Further Education	Colleges of Education	Total
Furniture and fittings	4·0 (0·2%)	60·6 (0·4%)	15·8 (2·1%)	4·5 (0·1%)	34·7 (0·6%)	119·6 (0·4%)
Text books and library books.	23·3 1·3%)	141·1 (0·9%)	6·1 (0·8%)	5·1 (0·1%)	86·5 (1·5%)	262·1 (0·8%)
Education and PE equipment, stationery.	89·2 (4·9%)	920·9 (6·1%)	23·9 (3·2%)	23·8 (0·7%)	176·0 (3·0%)	1,233·8 (3·7%)
Other equipment and materials.	30 (0·2%)	71·7 (0·5%)	3·3 (0·5%)	14·2 (0·4%)	35·0 (0·6%)	127·2 (0·4%)

The figures in brackets indicate for each category of institution the proportions of their total expenditure which these items constitute. Comparable data for the University of Wales are not available but in the academic year 1972–73 its expenditure included the following:

	£000	Proportion of total expenditure by the institution Per cent.
Consumables	487	2·5
Apparatus and equipment	48	0·3
Library:
Books	218	11
Periodicals	185	1·0
Binding	40	0·2