To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a table showing spending on primary and secondary education in total and per child in 1980–81 and in the last year for which figures are available, inflation adjusted.
The available data are as follows:
| 1980–81 | 1988–89 | |
| £ | £ | |
| Nursery and primary | ||
| Total school-based spending: | ||
| cash terms: | 2,300 million | 4,200 million |
| 1988–89 prices: | 3,650 million | 4,200 million |
| School-based spending per pupil: | ||
| cash terms: | 545 | 1,100 |
| 1988–89 prices: | 870 | 1,100 |
| Secondary | ||
| Total school-based spending: | ||
| cash terms: | 2,950 million | 5,050 million |
| 1988–89 prices: | 4,700 million | 5,050 million |
| School-based spending per pupil: | ||
| cash terms: | 765 | 1,690 |
| 1988–89 prices: | 1,215 | 1,690 |
| Total | ||
| Total school-based spending: | ||
| cash terms: | 5,250 million | 9,250 million |
| 1988–89 prices: | 8,300 million | 9,250 million |
| School-based spending per pupil: | ||
| cash terms: | 650 | 1,360 |
| 1988–89 prices: | 1,035 | 1,360 |
Notes to table:
1. The figures relate to net recurrent spending in nursery, primary and secondary schools. They do not include central services provided by local education authorities such as administration, inspection and transport, or capital spending. Nor do they cover special schools.
2. The figures are drawn from LEA returns of expenditure to the Department of the Environment and returns of pupil numbers to the Department of Education and Science.
3. The 1980–81 cash figures are converted to 1988–89 prices using current gross domestic product (market prices) deflators.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the percentages of gross domestic product spent on primary and secondary education in each European Community member state in the last year for which figures are available.
The data are available for public expenditure only and are shown in the table.
| Public expenditure on education | ||||
| Country | Year of data1 | Current expenditure | ||
| As a percentage of GNP | Proportion of which is expenditure 2 on | |||
| 1st level3 percentage | 2nd level3 percentage | |||
| Belgium4 | 1987 | 5·1 | 52·50 | 46·3 |
| Denmark | 1987 | 7·6 | 5643·8 | 619·2 |
| France7 | 1986 | 5·3 | 19·2 | 40·8 |
| Germany, West | 1986 | 4·0 | 13·8 | 49·0 |
| Greece | 1985 | 2·8 | 31·6 | 41·3 |
| Ireland | 1986 | 6·5 | 28·6 | 39·1 |
Country
| Year of data1
| Current expenditure
| ||
As a percentage of GNP
| Proportion of which is expenditure 2 on
| |||
1st level3 percentage
| 2nd level3 percentage
| |||
| Italy4 | 1983 | 4·5 | 21·3 | 37·3 |
| Luxembourg4 | 1987 | 2·6 | 38·9 | 44·3 |
| Netherlands | 1985 | 5·9 | 522·6 | 35·9 |
| Portugal4 | 1987 | 4·0 | 48·5 | 28·3 |
| Spain | 1986 | 2·9 | 658·9 | 619·3 |
| United Kingdom | 1987 | 4·6 | 24·9 | 45·1 |
1 Financial year of country commencing in year shown. | ||||
2 Some expenditure is unallocated by level. This varies from country to country. | ||||
3 1st level broadly equates with primary schools: 2nd level includes secondary schools and further education. However, the age ranges of primary and secondary education vary between countries due to differing educational structures. | ||||
4 Expenditure of Ministry of Education only. | ||||
5 Includes pre-primary expenditure. | ||||
6 Estimated. | ||||
7 France metropolitan | ||||
Source: UNESCO Statistical Yearbook, 1989.