The three pie chart below show the total school spending in UK in three periods.

The graph depicts the total amount paid by schools in the UK over three different years.

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, we can observe that schools invested a lot in teachers' earnings.

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, they spent less on insurance. Indeed, the rate of expenditure on teacher earnings was quite considerable, fluctuating between 40% in 1981 to reaching a peak at 50% in 1991 and

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dropping to 40% in 2001. But it was not the only one that

initially

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had a big proportion. The rate of other worker salaries in 1981 was approximately 28%, it was the second most important expenditure, but it decreased in 1991 to 22% and in 2001 it fell to 15% and became the third largest expense.

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, the money paid by schools in the UK for insurance was not as significant as that for teacher earnings. He was nearly 2% in 1981,

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rose to 3% in 1991, and next rose to 8% 10 years later. Furniture and equipment were

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things where money was not invested a lot, even if the percentage of

this

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had increased through time, its rate was about 15% and

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, it reached a peak at 23% 20 years later.