§ Ms. RichardsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the total public expenditure on nursery schools and classes in each year from 1975–76; and what was the total public expenditure on these services as a percentage of the gross domestic product for England and Wales for each of these years.
§ Mrs. RumboldFigures for expenditure on nursery schools and classes alone are not available. Figures for current expenditure on all pupils aged under 5 in England are given in the table.
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Current Spending Under-5s Money GDP Spending as per cent, of GDP Year £ million £ billion 1975–76 108 111 0.10 1976–77 127 130 0.10 1977–78 128 151 0.08 1978–79 146 173 0.08 1979–80 177 208 0.09 1980–81 222 237 0.09 1981–82 241 260 0.09 1982–83 274 285 0.10
Current Spending Under-Ss Money GDP Spending as per cent, of GDP Year £ million £ billion 1983–84 296 309 0.10 1984–85 331 331 0.10 1985–86 350 362 0.10 1986–87 397 388 0.10 1987–88 447 430 0.10 1988–89 510 476 0.11 1989–90 561 517 0.1l Notes to table:
1. Under-5s include those in nursery schools, nursery classes in primary schools, and other classes in primary schools.
2. The current spending figures are taken from successive DES Chapters of the Public Expenditure White Paper. The figure for 1975–76 is an estimate derived by applying to the White Paper figure given at 1980 survey prices a conversion factor calculated from local authority returns of price changes. The figures for 1988–89 and 1989–90 are provisional.
3. The money Gross Domestic Product figures are taken from Table 21.2.1 of Chapter 21 of the 1990 Public Expenditure White Paper (Cm 1021). The GDP covers the whole of the United Kingdom; a GDP for England and Wales is not available.