HC Deb 19 December 2002 vol 396 c69WS

£344/327/345 million. As I made clear on 9 December, I will be transferring £319/322/40 million to Education Formula Spending to enable local authorities to provide universal provision for three year olds. As a result, all three year olds will have a free nursery education place in their area by April 2004, six months earlier than originally planned. In 2003–4 £20 million of capital grant will help local authorities whose physical infrastructure might otherwise prevent them reaching universal provision. And as part of our commitment to early education £5 million is being made available in each of the three years to develop maintained nursery schools.