§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether
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L.E.A. Number of nursery education projects Estimated capital cost Estimated recurrent cost Number of full-time places £ £ Birmingham … … … 30 583,480 236,240 1,670 Bootle … … … 1 11,165 5,535 30 Bradford … … … 7 56,687 26,125 330 Brent … … … 4 59,010 24,700 140 Croydon … … … 1 45,690 11,430 80 Derby … … … 3 77,625 47,830 120 Ealing … … … 3 66,850 29,800 140 Gateshead … … … 7 117,000 42,440 290 Haringey … … … 8 98,635 28,130 310 Huddersfield … … … 2 22,200 11,900 80 Leicester … … … 17 93,778 54,874 660 Liverpool … … … 9 83,832 27,093 300 Manchester … … … 13 82,100 20,150 470 Newcastle … … … 6 57,800 24,950 240 Newham … … … 7 79,915 32,390 260 Nottingham … … … 11 229,640 55,110 760 South Shields … … … 1 17,000 5,600 40 Sunderland … … … 1 13,400 4,050 20 Waltham Forest … … … 5 15,000 14,000 140 Warley … … … 2 16,080 6,000 60 Wolverhampton … … … 5 49,200 20,875 180 I.L.E.A. … … … 69 918,800 447,100 2,660 Total … … … 212 2,794,887 1,176,322 8,980 he will take steps to require each university student to pay the full economic cost of his or her university term education by cheque, after arrangements have been made to adjust grants to students to the appropriate scale.
§ Mr. Edward ShortNo, but I agree with my hon. Friend that the expenditure from public funds on the universities, including awards to students, which is now well over £300 million a year, should be more widely known.