§ 5. Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans he has to increase the account taken in standard spending assessments of nursery education.
§ Mr. ForthAt national level, local authority grant settlements have reflected the general increase over the years in the number of under-fives in school. The under-fives element of each authority's SSA is based on the number of three and four-year-olds resident in the authority. It is for each authority to decide how to allocate resources between its various services, including under-fives education which authorities provide under discretionary powers.