HC Deb 28 July 2000 vol 354 cc1055-6W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what the funding from his Department has been in each of the last three years for pre-school provision within the Greater London area. [132635]

Ms Hodge

The following table shows the amount of funding that has been made available for pre-school provision through the Under Five's Education Standard Spending Assessment (SSA) sub block, the Standards Fund and Nursery Education Grant. The funding has risen by around 30 per cent. over the period.

Funding for pre-school provision in the Greater London area
£
1997–98 222,006,828
1998–99 250,613,813
1999–2000 285,094,491