Primary Schools (West Yorkshire) (Hansard, 29 February 1980)

§ Mr. Woolmer
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, tot each of the five districts in West Yorkshire, what were the percentages of full time and part-time pupils under 5 years of age in maintained primary schools relative to the estimated population aged 3 and 4 years, in each of the last five years.

§ Dr. Boyson
The numbers of full-time and part-time pupils under 5 years of age in maintained nursery and primary schools expressed as percentages of the estimated population aged 3 and 4 years were as follows:
percentage increase in relevant revenue expenditure, for rate support grant calculation purposes, from 1975–76 to the estimates for 1980–81, for Scotland generally and for each region within Scotland.

§ Mr. Younger
Percentage changes in relevant expenditure, excluding loan charges—at constant prices—taken into account at successive rate support grant settlements were as follows:

1975–76 … … … +8.8 per cent.

1976–77 … … … +4.6 per cent.

1977–78 … … … +0.6 per cent.

1978–79 … … … +0.9 per cent.

1979–80 … … … +2.6 per cent.

1980–81 … … … -2.2 per cent.

Relevant expenditure is caculated for Scotland as a whole and not for individual authorities.

1975–76	…	…	…	+8.8 per cent.
1976–77	…	…	…	+4.6 per cent.
1977–78	…	…	…	+0.6 per cent.
1978–79	…	…	…	+0.9 per cent.
1979–80	…	…	…	+2.6 per cent.
1980–81	…	…	…	-2.2 per cent.