§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what were the financial allocations for nursery education building to each local authority for 1980–81; and what are the figures for each of the previous five years and 1981–82 at constant prices.
§ Dr. BoysonPrior to 1981–82, capital allocations to local education authorities for education building defined the value of building work which authorities were permitted to start during the financial year. The allocations for nursery building on this basis, expressed at constant 1980–81 outturn prices, for each local authority in England for each of the six years up to 1980–81 are set out in the table below.
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LEA 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 Sandwell 112.42 — — 78.28 95.02 80.60 Solihull 95.56 56.67 74.84 60.90 73.44 — Walsall 296.01 281.46 40.88 89.54 61.70 42.40 Wolverhampton 293.95 170.01 132.19 130.41 144.38 84.90 MERSEYSIDE Knowsley 50.54 — — 42.25 63.80 28.30 Liverpool 556.96 292.79 173.94 234.84 160.42 141.50 St. Helens 145.43 136.00 — — 78.36 — Sefton 226.91 92.23 — 17.13 — — Wirral — — — — — 20.00 GREATER MANCHESTER Bolton 67.45 66.11 — — 18.88 2.70 Bury 123.77 47.23 — 88.64 95.02 — Manchester 340.36 357.02 64.36 65.11 129.57 78.13 Oldham 147.44 83.12 — — — — Rochdale 134.08 — — 76.92 73.42 — Salford 245.47 100.12 370.49 434.93 250.50 75.80 Stockport — 124.67 — — — — Tameside 193.42 668.71 144.37 321.73 175.23 — Trafford — — — — — — Wigan 212.47 51.00 46.٪ 121.81 57.80 — SOUTH YORKSHIRE Barnsley 47.44 — — 243.45 63.67 49.50 Doncaster 301.66 85.01 104.36 260.99 104.89 35.40 Rotherham 190.59 — 57.40 34.76 28.38 — Sheffield 503.28 202.12 34.79 76.85 61.70 70.70 WEST YORKSHIRE Bradford 383.06 — — — 86.38 — Calderdale 214.53 119.01 — — — — Kirklees 356.31 — — — — 14.10 Leeds 475.49 334.35 60.53 69.51 61.70 70.00 Wakefield 222.94 264.46 38.27 173.94 86.38 — TYNE AND WEAR Gateshead 233.10 139.79 — 208.69 111.06 70.70 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 229.09 147.34 140.89 217.46 — 113.20 North Tyneside 66.58 — 117.41 179.04 98.72 — South Tyneside 217.63 64.23 313.09 191.32 153.02 28.30 Sunderland 226.91 72.88 113.06 130.41 172.42 70.70 Non-Metropolitan Counties Isle of Scilly — — — — — — Avon — — — — — — Bedfordshire 1,160.33 451.47 132.19 — 12.83 — Berkshire 294.41 202.12 66.10 — — — Buckinghamshire 103.14 — — — — — Cambridgeshire 195.97 — — — 69.10 — Cheshire 813.49 — — 17.38 — — Cleveland 488.70 200.24 59.14 43.52 — 35.40 Cornwall 309.42 88.78 45.22 74.77 64.66 — Cumbria — — — — 27.77 — Derbyshire 598.21 141.68 — — — — Devon — — — 268.23 127.72 — Dorset 21.66 158.68 — — — — Durham 595.07 139.79 5.43 — 103.66 99.00 East Sussex 82.51 77.45 — — — — Essex 154.71 — — — — — Gloucestershire — — — — — — Hampshire — — — — — — Hereford and Worcester 484.76 96.34 38.27 — — — Hertfordshire 515.70 583.70 140.89 72.98 130.31 63.15 Humberside 893.16 674.37 149.59 165.17 90.08 35.40 Isle of Wight 77.36 24.56 59.14 60.90 71.57 — Kent 253.72 — — — 84.54 — Lancashire 736.42 — — 130.10 139.44 — Leicestershire 200.09 52.89 — — 103.66 — Lincolnshire — — — — — — Norfolk 458.97 194.57 — — — — North Yorkshire 527.45 14.17 — — — — Northamptonshire 381.62 109.56 87.84 — — — Northumberland 28.88 34.00 — 43.52 58.86 63.70 Nottinghamshire 2,475.36 1,167.40 48.70 — — — Oxfordshire 51.57 32.11 — — — —
LEA 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 Salop — — — — 15.92 — Somerset — — — — — — Staffordshire 766.33 302.24 — — — — Suffolk 75.09 136.00 36.53 — — 59.40 Surrey 572.43 — — — — — Warwickshire 429.42 — — 72.70 — — West Sussex 30.94 — — — — — Wiltshire — — — — 61.70 — Total England 27,31.95 12,412.03 4,475.76 7,242.44 5,602.99 2,546.50 For 1981–82 and subsequent years, local authority allocations of prescribed expenditure for education under the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 will represent a cash limit on actual capital expenditure within the year, including that arising from commitments entered into in earlier years. Provision for nursery education is included within the total education allocation, the detailed disposition of which is entirely a matter for the individual authority. No figures for 1981–82 are therefore available for comparison with those given in the table for earlier years.