Free Book Scheme Expenditure
State expenditure on aid for school books in 1982 was £1,885,125, and no pupil-enrolment ratio was relevant because assistance went to necessitous pupils. The Minister had no information on budget provisions for the current school year.
asked the Minister for Education the total State expenditure on free book schemes in primary and secondary schools in 1982; and the ratio of this spending to total pupil enrolments.
Comment on this
The total State expenditure on the schemes for aid towards the cost of school books in primary and secondary schools in 1982 was £1,885,125.
The schemes relate to the supply of the books to necessitous pupils. There is, accordingly, no relevant ratio between the total expenditure on such schemes and the total number of pupils enrolled in primary and secondary schools.
Comment on this
Has the Minister any information in respect of the budgetary provisions for the present school year?