§ Mr. Gordon BrownTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the relevant current expenditure on schools for under-fives in 1988–89 and for the next three years.
§ Mrs. RumboldInformation for local authority actual spending on education in 1988–89 is not yet available. Provisional outturn spending on under-fives in 1988–89 is £495 million, a 25 per cent. increase in cash over spending in 1986–87. The Government's plans for spending in 1989–90 provide for £536 million to be spent on the under-fives, a further cash increase of over 8 per cent. over provisional outturn in 1988–89. The information requested on spending on under-fives beyond 1990 is not available.