§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much money has been provided to each local education authority, on a ring-fenced basis, for the provision of nursery places for four-year-olds, since May 1997; and what criteria are used by his Department for the expenditure of that money. [119490]
§ Ms Hodge[holding answer 17 April 2000]The following table shows the estimated amount of specific grant this Government have provided to each Local Education Authority, since May 1997, for four-year-old early education places, amounting to £631.2 million.
The criteria for the provision of this funding is set out in the "Requirements of Nursery Education Grant" which is issued to all Local Education Authorities annually. I have placed a copy of this in the Library.
In addition to this specific grant funding, the table also shows the level of funding provided, since April 1997, for the Under Fives Education Standard Spending Assessment (SSA) sub block, which has increased from £1,089 million in 1997–98 to £1,342 million in 2000–01, an increase of £253 million.
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£ LEA Number/name Specific grant funding for 4 year old places May 1997-March 2000 Under Fives SSA sub block From 1997–98 to 2000–01 201 City of London 44,239 525,635 202 Camden 2,447,710 26,199,350 203 Greenwich 2,773,478 34,439,251 204 Hackney 2,980,044 42,099,645 356W
£ LEA Number/name Specific grant funding for 4 year old places May 1997-March 2000 Under Fives SSA sub block From 1997–98 to 2000–01 205 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,636,268 22,208,333 206 Islington 2,114,722 32,213,647 207 Kensington and Chelsea 1,032,706 16,291,874 208 Lambeth 3,070,930 47,315,973 209 Lewisham 3,130,106 41,799,656 210 Southwark 3,167,629 49,295,463 211 Tower Hamlets 2,146,908 44,930,632 212 Wandsworth 3,867,737 36,090,382 213 Westminster 1,849,560 20,979,552 301 Barking and Dagenham 1,765,439 24,125,654 302 Barnet 3,614,333 35,006,253 303 Bexley 2,606,279 24,149,142 304 Brent 2,736,491 39,619,753 305 Bromley 5,100,604 29,248,314 306 Croydon 6,048,437 42,273,609 307 Ealing 3,430,661 42,080,847 308 Enfield 3,445,040 36,796,575 309 Haringey 2,429,547 38,830,346 310 Harrow 2,215,048 22,798,730 311 Havering 2,776,425 22,302,298 312 Hillingdon 2,672,244 23,681,920 313 Hounslow 2,013,805 28,155,892 314 Kingston-upon-Thames 1,668,814 11,962,294 315 Merton 2,048,953 19,245,190 316 Newham 3,091,355 50,441,093 317 Redbridge 3,435,180 27,301,291 318 Richmond-upon-Thames 2,362,189 13,401,432 319 Sutton 1,974,014 15,210,394 320 Waltham Forest 2,554,006 33,335,378 330 Birmingham 11,783,384 139,962,427 331 Coventry 3,384,879 34,287,990 332 Dudley 3,710,884 28,815,226 333 Sandwell 2,987,298 35,453,907 334 Solihull 2,397,517 19,229,377 335 Walsall 2,604,948 28,904,993 336 Wolverhampton 2,570,806 29,114,582 340 Knowsley 1,585,878 23,661,932 341 Liverpool 4,907,920 59,188,289 342 St. Helens 1,932,173 17,927,819 343 Sefton 2,947,503 26,480,973 344 Wirral 4,149,910 33,882,113 350 Bolton 2,841,652 28,236,268 351 Bury 2,251,775 17,048,891 352 Manchester 4,457,698 63,455,403 353 Oldham 2,619,319 26,597,738 354 Rochdale 2,254,788 25,545,335 355 Salford 2,707,015 26,462,617 356 Stockport 3,484,095 25,133,268 357 Tameside 2,408,284 23,291,539 358 Trafford 2,865,589 20,312,104 359 Wigan 3,433,156 28,979,591 370 Barnsley 2,187,391 20,484,099 371 Doncaster 2,977,993 31,382,784 372 Rotherham 2,912,829 24,035,721 373 Sheffield 6,057,663 47,356,406 380 Bradford 5,486,859 61,363,771 381 Calderdale 1,942,438 20,765,966 382 Kirklees 4,337,797 41,447,454 383 Leeds 7,960,883 70,718,825 384 Wakefield 3,498,079 28,404,693 390 Gateshead 2,018,410 19,314,038 391 Newcastle Upon Tyne 2,904,090 28,988,668 392 North Tyneside 1,873,911 18,124,299 393 South Tyneside 1,430,236 16,268,735 394 Sunderland 2,823,357 30,647,773 420 Isles of Scilly 24,401 223,825 800 Bath and North East Somerset 2,198,269 12,718,586 801 City of Bristol 4,179,267 39,699,083 802 North Somerset 2,598,843 13,907,594 803 South Gloucestershire 3,442,961 21,981,555 805 Hartlepool 950,625 10,341,339 806 Middlesbrough 1,534,150 18,459,150 807 Redcar and Cleveland 1,400,437 15,375,552 808 Stockton on Tees 1,898,200 19,105,620 810 Kingston Upon Hull 2,903,707 30,263,632 811 East Riding of Yorkshire 3,573,101 23,043,212 812 North East Lincolnshire 1,809,580 36,801,075 813 North Lincolnshire 1,602,657 14,175,583
£ LEA Number/name Specific grant funding for 4 year old places May 1997-March 2000 Under Fives SSA sub block From 1997–98 to 2000–01 815 North Yorkshire 6,545,160 44,474,348 816 City of York 2,026,232 13,483,553 820 Bedfordshire 5,478,779 32,620,541 821 Luton 2,362,532 23,342,271 825 Buckinghamshire 7,145,460 36,818,705 826 Milton Keynes 3,793,569 18,601,327 830 Derbyshire 7,882,768 56,773,285 831 City of Derby 2,631,137 24,323,450 835 Dorset 5,964,663 25,105,447 836 Poole 2,198,869 10,824,072 837 Bournemouth 2,397,719 11,566,800 840 Durham 4,731,876 46,614,569 841 Darlington 1,184,119 10,096,485 845 East Sussex 6,174,647 37,623,254 846 Brighton and Hove 2,955,123 21,053,357 850 Hampshire 19,734,237 105,388,667 851 Portsmouth 2,631,819 19,972,766 852 Southampton 2,667,163 22,898,940 855 Leicestershire 8,459,289 42,050,808 856 City of Leicester 3,376,784 37,494,284 857 Rutland 431,985 2,267,346 860 Staffordshire 8,843,720 66,060,025 861 Stoke on Trent 2,395,675 24,933,123 865 Wiltshire 7,039,003 24,059,879 866 Swindon 3,528,047 17,156,587 867 Bracknell Forest 2,146,276 8,643,081 868 Windsor and Maidenhead 2,685,865 19,969,052 869 West Berkshire 1,997,405 9,761,799 870 Reading 1,579,927 12,693,025 871 Slough 625,883 15,076,047 872 Wokingham 3,078,414 9,333,372 873 Cambridgeshire 7,071,693 45,390,961 874 Peterborough 2,910,513 19,057,525 875 Cheshire 11,322,430 56,519,961 876 Halton 1,244,530 14,060,951 877 Warrington 4,185,917 18,084,822 878 Devon 10,254,437 49,728,187 879 Plymouth 3,874,095 22,639,526 880 Torbay 1,493,816 10,092,027 881 Essex 17,727,923 110,200,579 882 Southend-on-Sea 2,230,039 16,388,210 883 Thurrock 1,313,651 15,127,821 884 Herefordshire 2,490,837 13,154,133 885 Worcestershire 8,782,704 41,417,451 886 Kent 20,422,401 122,161,732 887 Medway Towns (R and G) 2,156,170 26,508,014 888 Lancashire 16,605,957 107,804,099 889 Blackburn with Darwen 1,297,803 19,905,426 890 Blackpool 2,076,049 14,023,959 891 Nottinghamshire 9,647,913 53,218,304 892 City of Nottingham 2,529,142 32,514,913 893 Shropshire 4,541,257 18,408,566 894 Telford and Wrekin 1,392,112 14,919,311 908 Cornwall 5,728,739 35,616,608 909 Cumbria 5,010,134 42,532,605 916 Gloucestershire 8,751,420 47,048,781 919 Hertfordshire 13,729,335 95,207,322 921 Isle of Wight 2,118,616 10,961,727 925 Lincolnshire 5,808,892 52,483,372 926 Norfolk 9,427,151 41,930,030 928 Northamptonshire 8,194,925 58,586,326 929 Northumberland 2,888,327 25,987,204 931 Oxfordshire 8,959,795 42,953,283 933 Somerset 7,133,883 39,937,579 935 Suffolk 9,199,437 49,416,913 936 Surrey 16,018,864 84,705,754 937 Warwickshire 6,494,790 41,153,322 938 West Sussex 12,400,914 54,837,210 Total 631,196,266 4,887,492,000 Note:
Specific grant funding provided in 1997–98 to LEAs that no longer exist have been distributed across the new LEA areas. Where there is more than one new area it has been distributed according to the percentage of funding the new areas received in 1998–99 and 1999–2000.