§ Mr. PaiceTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science, pursuant to his reply of 6 February to the hon. Member for Cambridgeshire, South-East,Official Report, column 462, what has been the total annual amount of grant related expenditure in respect of the additional educational needs of under-fives in each year from 1976–77 to 1988–89, in cash and real terms.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe information is not available in the form requested. The table shows the grant-related expenditure for nursery education in England from the start of the current local government finance system. The additional educational needs element of nursery education forms approximately half of the control total. Expenditure on under-fives in primary classes does not fall within the control total for grant related expenditure for nursery education, but is contained within the overall grant related expenditure for primary education.
Grant related expenditure assessment for nursery education £ million Cash At 1987–88 prices
1981–82 129.3 174.5 1982–83 122.6 154.4 1983–84 134.6 162.1 1984–85 153.4 175.9 1985–86 152.2 165.6 1986–87 160.3 168.8 1987–88 185.0 185.0 1988–89 220.6 207.6 1989–90 262.0 234.8