§ Mr. Rathboneasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what has been the Government funding, direct and indirect, for the voluntary sector of under-five education for each of the last five years.
§ Mr. DunnSome LEA expenditure supported through RSG will, over this period, have been directed to provision for under fives in voluntary schools but no breakdown of the amounts involved is available.
Number of pupils aged 3 and 4 in maintained nursery schools1 January each year 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Barking n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Barnet 351 337 384 393 387 361 Bexley 132 171 158 171 169 168 Brent 208 211 222 228 242 162 Bromley n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Croydon 277 266 332 373 382 384 Ealing 456 556 538 560 538 518 Enfield n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Haringey 149 153 142 143 150 148 Harrow 46 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Havering n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Hillingdon 85 106 101 119 116 117 Hounslow n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Kingston-upon-Thames 184 190 190 207 201 202 Merton 162 169 164 159 148 133 Newham 869 847 897 843 821 860 Redbridge n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Richmond-upon-Thames 40 47 41 55 38 39 Sutton 217 206 219 217 223 215 Waltham Forest 394 400 419 369 330 290 ILEA 3,083 3,141 3,272 3,440 3,539 3,491 Birmingham 1,653 1,753 1,769 1,575 1,714 1,781 Coventry 249 249 269 288 288 305 Dudley 495 499 432 448 467 450 Sandwell 149 125 131 112 33 138 Solihull n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Walsall 516 525 539 499 564 483 Wolverhampton 665 617 681 684 714 667 Knowsley n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Liverpool 349 329 387 327 337 366 St. Helens 42 61 50 48 52 50 Sefton 188 229 252 234 225 289 Wirral 211 207 190 214 164 172 Bolton 395 415 424 426 444 467 Bury 95 85 124 112 105 101 Manchester 237 227 249 274 327 344 Oldham 177 80 n/a n/a n/a n/a Rochdale 701 729 770 867 837 820 Salford 468 460 442 461 451 491 Stockport 534 578 594 609 626 605 Tameside 198 199 241 230 229 246 Trafford 78 76 76 n/a n/a n/a Wigan 177 151 130 119 117 119 Barnsley 264 102 132 131 144 150 Doncaster n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Rotherham 331 332 331 340 365 352 Sheffield 583 615 656 633 627 617 Bradford 578 569 489 490 522 425 Calderdale 70 71 97 91 95 87 Kirklees 619 750 750 599 603 649 Leeds 240 240 265 234 254 243