Sentences with phrase «public spending per»

For instance, public spending per pupil in real terms has more than doubled in both primary and secondary schools over the past 40 years.

While inflation - adjusted public spending per student increased 27 percent between 1992 and 2014, an EdChoice study found, teacher wages actually fell an average of 2 percent during that time (in real dollars).

TIMSS does not include data on spending, so current national public spending per student in secondary education in international dollars was calculated on the basis of UNESCO and World Bank data.

It compares average public spending per child, by age and type of spending, between the United States, Denmark and the OECD countries combined (that's the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, which includes the advanced economies and some of the emerging ones).

Not exact matches

The British government disputes this, pointing out that Scotland has higher per capita public - sector spending than England and so is more indebted.

Tang said the wealth gap was actually widening at a slower pace compared with a rise of 0.004 between 2006 and 2011, thanks to the government's increased efforts to help the impoverished, including an increase of over 40 per cent in welfare spending on public housing and medical benefits for the poor.

With infrastructure spending priorities and upcoming negotiations with public - sector unions, improving the budgetary outlook by $ 4 billion per year for two consecutive years would seem a Herculean task.

Ontario has the lowest per - capita program spending among provinces, while still providing high - quality public services.

Under the Canada Economic Action Plan the deficit will be eliminated by 2015 - 16; although total net public debt will have increased by $ 150 billion, the debt ratio will have declined to 33.0 per cent in 2015 - 16 and reach the government's target of 25 percent by 2019 - 20; program spending will fall to below 13 percent of GDP and will continue to fall thereafter; public sector jobs have been eliminated; and income and corporate taxes have been cut.

Public Works and Government Services Canada has increased its spending on external «Other» professional services by 212 percent since 2006/07, equivalent to 18 percent compound annual growth — a total increase of $ 332 million per year.

The negotiation of a «fair» agreement for taxpayers with Quebec's 430,000 public workers, whose payroll absorbed 59 per cent — or $ 37.3 billion — of government spending in 2013 - 14.

Public Works and Government Services Canada has increased its spending on external «Business Services» by 150 percent since 2006/07, equivalent to 14 percent compound annual growth — a total increase of $ 188 million per year.

OTTAWA — A five - year $ 50 - billion public infrastructure spending initiative would generate a return on investment to Canadians over the long term as high as $ 3.83 per dollar spent, trigger significant private sector investment and stimulate wage increases, according to a new study by an independent economic modelling firm.

In a recent op - ed in the Edmonton Journal, Public Interest Alberta «s Larry Booi called on the new NDP government to institute campaign spending limits, lower contribution limits to $ 1,200 per year, impose much stronger rules on disclosure of contributions and spending and extend the rules on contributions and spending to cover party leadership and constituency contests.

There are long waiting lists for apprenticeships and trade programs belied by some of the highest per - capita spending in the state for city public school students.

Last year, 32 public schools spent more than $ 6 million each on their staffs, per USA Today.

Nestle's Public Affairs Manager, Marie Chantal Messier in response to a letter from Mike Brady of Baby Milk Action said that Nestle's CSV council charter stipulated that «if so desired, Council members may receive compensation for time spent devoted to the Council at a rate of CHF 25,000 per annum, assuming participation in a minimum of one meeting per year».

A modelling exercise for the Resolution Foundation by the Institute for Employment Research and the Institute for Fiscal Studies finds that on the basis of annual average UK growth of 2.5 per cent from 2015 - 2020 — an optimistic scenario — and no further cuts in public spending, living standards will fall for low and middle income households by between 3 and 15 per cent (Brewer et al., 2012).

Ninety four per cent of public spending cuts are yet to hit the UK, and the public sector is due to come under more pressure in the next few years.

Figures released by the Treasury yesterday showed the gap between spending per head in England compared to Scotland and Wales grew by 15 % over the last year, meaning # 1,624 more public money is spent on the average Scot than the average Englishman.

They showed that public spending in Scotland was higher than in the poorer English regions, including the North of England, although income per head was lower in those regions.

New York's public schools spent $ 21,206 per pupil in the 2014 - 15 school year, topping all states and exceeding the national average by 86 percent, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released today.

Administration costs of central government represented about three per cent of total public spending over most of the last three decades.

«New York public schools now spend more per pupil than any other state and 87 percent above the national average.»

Total public spending will grow by 2.2 per cent in 2010/11, Darling says.

Among the party's other policies: a # 50bn a year cut in spending, a 31 per cent flat rate of income tax, the abolition of national insurance, a five - year freeze on new immigrants settling in Britain, a ban on wearing the burka in public - and in some private — buildings, and boot camps for young offenders.

«One year ago, with the promise of Education Tax Credits on the horizon, thousands of tuition - paying families were left out in the cold — excluded from a state budget that provides the nation's highest level of spending per pupil in public schools,» he said.

But Republican legislators in New York — which spends about $ 60,000 per inmate per year — remain mired in know - nothingism and argue that spending public money on inmates insults taxpayers.

The Bronx pol managed to receive his per diems — payments for each day spent in Albany — despite missing 173 votes last year, about 15 % of the total votes held during the year, according to the New York Public Interest Research Group.

Public elementary and secondary school spending in New York reached an all - time high of $ 20,600 per - pupil in 2013 - 14 school year, topping all states and exceeding the $ 11,009 per - pupil national average by 87 percent, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data.

The numbers you should be comparing is spent money on public healthcare per capita to see which country actually spends more (see my comment on @blip's answer).

The latest batch of # 75 billion (which represents more than ten per cent of current annual public spending) was created just a few days ago and credited instantly to financial institutions.

The Citizens Budget Commission has created an interactive map to enable taxpayers to see how much is spent per student and compare spending among public school districts.

Some 94 per cent believe that the deficit in the public finances should be tackled more by cutting spending than raising taxes, while only 2 per cent disagree.

Furthermore, this level of growth will catalyse a steady reduction in the public spending - to - GDP ratio, from around 42.4 per cent next year to 42.0 per cent in 2010.

For example, it announces that public spending growth for the next three years will be around 2.1 per cent per annum — the lowest level of growth for some eight years.

After the binge of the Labour years, Britain is addicted to public spending, currently gobbling up 47 per cent of national output.

With public borrowing planned to reach 57 per cent of GDP and David Cameron abandoning his party's link with the government's total spending plans, politics had just got interesting again.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Milne has unveiled an ambitious plan to cut per - pupil public school spending in Vermont by a third, and use the savings to pay for the state's young people to attend a Vermont college.

Cuomo during an appearance on «The Brian Lehrer Show» on WNYC public radio said the state spends the most in the country on school funding and twice the national average per pupil.

Lobbying Disclosure Reports Available on JCOPE Website The New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics has recently implemented the nation's first system of disclosure of funding sourcesfor specified entities spending in excess of $ 50,000 per year on lobbying expenditures.

In addition, 80 per cent of those questioned said they were satisfied with their GP while the public perception of A&E and outpatient services in hospitals has risen over the past decade as spending tripled under Labour.

Asked what the next government should do in the event that it has to find more money than it expects, 30 per cent said it should increase taxes more than planned «in order to limit the impact on public services», but 55 per cent preferred to «reduce spending more than planned, in order NOT to increases taxes further».

Here's the latest news, courtesy of the US Census Bureau and the Empire Center for Public Policy's E.J. McMahon: Per - pupil public - school spending in 2014 - 15 exceeded the national average by a breathtaking 86 pePublic Policy's E.J. McMahon: Per - pupil public - school spending in 2014 - 15 exceeded the national average by a breathtaking 86 pepublic - school spending in 2014 - 15 exceeded the national average by a breathtaking 86 percent.

A ComRes poll for The Independent today finds 55 per cent of voters favour public spending cuts to reduce Britain's debts, against 38 per cent who want taxes to be increased.

We agreed that although somewhat less convenient, using public transportation would facilitate his commute and decrease his financial burden significantly, at the same time freeing up several hours per week that could be spent on his academic obligations — including assignments that otherwise «fell through the cracks.»

More than 40 per cent of workers in the US use a computer in their work, but they have to learn their computing skills outside formal education — only 0.2 per cent of public educational resources is spent on computers.

In comparison, per - capita spending has declined over the decade in nine of the 10 states with the largest number of students enrolled in public research universities.

«Private and public spending for medications is 75 per cent more per person in Quebec compared to countries with universal pharmacare,» said Marc - André Gagnon, a professor at the school of public policy and administration at Carleton University.

According to the ministry, 10 per cent growth in the engineering sector, which usually benefits from spending on public works such as road and bridge building, would result in only a 5.6 per cent boost to manufacturing industry as a whole.