asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, tot each of the five districts in West Yorkshire, what were the percentages of full time and part-time pupils under 5 years of age in maintained primary schools relative to the estimated population aged 3 and 4 years, in each of the last five years.
The numbers of full-time and part-time pupils under 5 years of age in maintained nursery and primary schools expressed as percentages of the estimated population aged 3 and 4 years were as follows:percentage increase in relevant revenue expenditure, for rate support grant calculation purposes, from 1975–76 to the estimates for 1980–81, for Scotland generally and for each region within Scotland.
Percentage changes in relevant expenditure, excluding loan charges—at constant prices—taken into account at successive rate support grant settlements were as follows:
1975–76 | … | … | … | +8·8 per cent. |
1976–77 | … | … | … | +4·6 per cent. |
1977–78 | … | … | … | +0·6 per cent. |
1978–79 | … | … | … | +0·9 per cent. |
1979–80 | … | … | … | +2·6 per cent. |
1980–81 | … | … | … | -2·2 per cent. |