Pre-school Education

HC Deb 26 February 1991 vol 186 c432W

Ms. Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information he has as to the level of support from Surrey education authority to pre-school education.

Mr. Eggar

The information requested is not collected centrally. Local authority expenditure returns to the Department of the Environment do not identify separate figures for pre-school education. A single set of figures is returned covering all nursery and primary provision.

Ms. Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information he has as to the level of support from Surrey county council to pre-school playgroups.

Mr. Eggar

The information requested is not collected centrally. Local authority expenditure returns to the Department of the Environment do not identify separate figures for education in pre-school playgroups. A single set of figures is returned covering all nursery and primary provision.