§ Mr. Woolmerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, for each of the five districts in West Yorkshire, what was the nursery education building programme allocation and take-up, and the net increase in pupils and places in nursery schools and classes, in each of the last five years.
§ Dr. BoysonDetails of the allocations made to each of the five districts in West Yorkshire and their take-up under my Department's nursery education building programme are as follows:
(£000s) … Allocation Take-up Bradford … 1974–75 … 215.0 215.0 1975–76 … 185.7 185.7 1976–77 … 74.0 Nil 1977–78 … 33.0 Nil 1978–79 … Nil Nil 1979–80 … 70.0 — Calderdale … 1974–75 … 142.5 142.5 1975–76 … 104.1 104.1 1976–77 … 63.0 63.0 1977–78 … 33.0 Nil 1978–79 … Nil Nil 1979–80 … Nil — Kirklees … 1974–75 … 360.0 360.0 1975–76 … 172.7 172.7 1976–77 … 145.0 Nil 1977–78 … Nil Nil 1978–79 … Nil Nil 1979–80 … Nil — Leeds … 1974–75 … 187.5 187.5 1975–76 … 230.5 230.5 1976–77 … 177.0 177.0 1977–78 … 34.8 34.8 1978–79 … 43.6 43.6 1979–80 … 50.0 — Wakefield … 1974–75 … 250.0 250.0 1975–76 … 108.0 108.0 1976–77 … 140.0 140.0 1977–78 … 22.0 22.0 1978–79 … 109.1 109.1 1979–80 … 70.0 — The take-up of allocations for the current year—1979–80—is not yet known.
748WThe net increase in the number Mt pupils and places in nursery schools and classes in the five districts in West Yorkshire in each of the last five years is evident from the table below:
… Total pupils Total places Bradford 1974 … 2,539 1,749 1975 … 2,796 1,835 1976 … 2,770 1,793 1977 … 3,143 1,960 1978 … 3,277 2,032 1979 … 3,393 2,100 Calderdale … 1974 … 624 557 1975 … 752 663 1976 … 936 740 1977 … 948 913 1978 … 1,016 1,003 1979 … 1,071 1,005 Kirklees … 1974 … 1,362 730 1975 … 1,479 813 1976 … 1,518 801 1977 … 1,699 895 1978 … 2,283 1,163 1979 … 2,510 1,279 Leeds … 1974 … 1,872 1,065 1975 … 2,394 1,395 1976 … 2,642 1,482 1977 … 2,913 1,614 1978 … 3,029 1,659 1979 … 3,090 1,690 Wakefield … 1974 … 1,367 997 1975 … 1,469 1,035 1976 … 1,739 1,124 1977 … 2,349 1,391 1978 … 2,656 1,563 1979 … 3,014 1,742