§ Mr. St. AubynTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what estimate his Department
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Expenditure on Access to Work elements for the last five years £ Element 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 Assistance with fares to work 2,289,615 2,616,028 3,332,228 3,679,465 4,391,037 Adaptations to vehicles — 113,935 401,175 208,643 96,149 Personal reader service 1,183,346 1,259,351 1,480,239 970,361 951,140 Support worker — 214,503 1,032,017 1,397,820 1,885,934 Special aids and equipment 7,243,143 10,698,285 12,504,284 5,513,235 6,206,601 Adaptations to premises and equipment 487,586 654,612 1,031,340 621,202 822,335 Communicator support at interview — 48,702 59,890 38,876 45,759 Miscellaneous support — 116,486 146,453 136,089 187,860 Total 11,203,690 15,721,902 19,987,626 12,565,691 14,586,815 has made of the average number of children in each pre-year 1 nursery class in maintained schools in the most recent year for which information is available. [44985]
§ Ms Estelle Morris[holding answer 10 June 1998]: The average size of reception classes in mainland primary schools in England was 25.8 in January 1998.