§ David DavisTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he will announce the level of funding to the East Riding of Yorkshire Council for nursery school places for the next financial year. [93847]
§ Mr. RaynsfordFunding for nursery school places will be within local government formula grant from 2003–04. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister will announce our final proposals for the 2003–04 local government finance settlement on Monday 3 February; the House will have the chance to debate these on Wednesday 5 February. It will, of course, be for the authority to decide what allocation to make to specific services.
Average re-let times for local authority dwellings (days) 2001–02 2000–01 1999–2000 1998–99 1997–98 1996–97 1995–96 1994–95 1993–94 North East All LAs 60 50 54 40 32 30 26 29 33 Rural LAs 67 62 41 35 40 33 32 31 33 North West All LAs 54 49 46 40 41 39 38 35 34 Rural LAs 48 51 45 40 40 39 36 33 29 Yorkshire and Humberside All LAs 65 58 51 43 38 39 36 35 37 Rural LAs 54 52 53 47 39 28 20 19 31 East Midlands All LAs 45 41 40 38 38 34 36 35 38 Rural LAs 34 31 36 37 38 33 29 27 27 West Midlands All LAs 49 55 51 49 43 35 37 35 36 Rural LAs 33 12 39 32 33 23 26 23 25 East of England All LAs 36 38 40 36 37 38 37 33 36 Rural LAs 38 28 34 25 29 31 27 27 25 London All LAs 44 47 51 55 55 71 70 68 72 Rural LAs n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a South East All LAs 39 36 37 34 36 38 36 32 32 Rural LAs 37 37 32 33 37 35 35 33 31