Nursery Education (Hansard, 1 May 1975)

HC Deb 01 May 1975 vol 891 c193W 193W

§ Mrs. Bain
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what has been the level of Government expenditure on the provision of nursery level education in England and Wales in each of the past 10 years.

§ Mr. Armstrong
Public expenditure by local education authorities on nursery schools in England and Wales was as follows:

£m. at out-turn prices

Recurrent Capital

1964–65 2.9 0.2

1965–66 3.3 0.2

1966–67 3.5 0.2

1967–68 3.7 0.2

1968–69 4.0 0.1

1969–70 4.5 0.3

1970–71 5.3 0.9

1971–72 6.3 0.7

1972–73 7.4 1.5

1973–74 9.1 2.1

(provisional data)

Expenditure data for nursery classes in primary schools during the same period are not available.

	£m. at out-turn prices
	Recurrent	Capital
1964–65	2.9	0.2
1965–66	3.3	0.2
1966–67	3.5	0.2
1967–68	3.7	0.2
1968–69	4.0	0.1
1969–70	4.5	0.3
1970–71	5.3	0.9
1971–72	6.3	0.7
1972–73	7.4	1.5
1973–74	9.1	2.1
		(provisional data)