asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list for every year from 1945 to 1967–68, inclusive (a) the total budget administered by her Department and (b) the portion of that budget spent on capital projects, both at 1977 survey prices.

This information is not readily available in precisely the form requested but the following table shows total expenditure on education in England and Wales from 1960–61 to 1967–78 with capital expenditure shown separately, at prices approximately equivalent to 1977 survey prices.

EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION IN ENGLAND AND WALES
		£ million at 1977 prices
Financial year	Total(i)	Capital included in(i) (ii)
1960–61	3,406	497
1961–62	3,451	611
1962–63	3,602	647
1963–64	3,798	681
1964–65	4,087	751
1965–66	4,232	681
1966–67	4,552	755
1967–68	4,836	840

Certain additional information related to educational building financed from public sources from 1946 and other educational expenditure by public authorities from 1952-53 at outturn prices is contained in the annual volumes of Statistics of Education from 1962, copies of which are available in the Library.