§ Mr. Adam Butlerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what special financial aid has been given to Leicestershire in each of the last five years towards the cost of meeting the special problems associated with a large immigrant community; for what purposes was such aid authorised; and what form it took.
§ Mr. Alexander W. LyonBetween 1970–71 and 1974–75 grants paid to
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§ Miss Joan LestorThe average net institutional recurrent costs per pupil—full time or full-time equivalent—were as follows:
Financial Year 1973–74 (1974 Survey Prices) 1974–75 (1975 Survey Prices) Maintained Nursery Schools £266 £300 Designated Nursery Classes in Primary Schools (Estimated) £165 £197 Corresponding figures for capital costs are not available.
§ Mrs. Haymanasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many full and part time pupils, respectively, there were in nursery schools and classes, respectively, in England and Wales in 1973–74 and 1974–75.
§ Miss Joan LestorIn January of the respective years the figures for England and Wales were as follows.
Leicestershire County Council and Leicester City Council under Section 11 of the Local Government Act 1966 on the costs of staff employed in consequence of the presence of immigrants from the Commonwealth whose language or customs differ from those of the rest of the community, were as follows:
Financial Year Grant paid to Leicestershire County Council £ Grant paid to Leicester City Council £ 1970–71 7,806 156,597 1971–72 11,828 152,580 1972–73 20,509 160,233 1973–74 25,026 338,673 1974–75 381,310 243,286 It is not possible without disproportionate cost to identify what payments of grant aid to Leicestershire County Council and Leicester City Council under the Urban Programme relate to projects dealing with the special problems associated with a large immigrant community.