asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, for each of the five districts in West Yorkshire, what was the nursery education building programme allocation and take-up, and the net increase in pupils and places in nursery schools and classes, in each of the last five years.
Details of the allocations made to each of the five districts in West Yorkshire and their take-up under my Department's nursery education building programme are as follows:
| (£000s) | |||
| … | Allocation | Take-up | |
| Bradford | … | ||
| 1974–75 | … | 215·0 | 215·0 |
| 1975–76 | … | 185·7 | 185·7 |
| 1976–77 | … | 74·0 | Nil |
| 1977–78 | … | 33·0 | Nil |
| 1978–79 | … | Nil | Nil |
| 1979–80 | … | 70·0 | — |
| Calderdale | … | ||
| 1974–75 | … | 142·5 | 142·5 |
| 1975–76 | … | 104·1 | 104·1 |
| 1976–77 | … | 63·0 | 63·0 |
| 1977–78 | … | 33·0 | Nil |
| 1978–79 | … | Nil | Nil |
| 1979–80 | … | Nil | — |
| Kirklees | … | ||
| 1974–75 | … | 360·0 | 360·0 |
| 1975–76 | … | 172·7 | 172·7 |
| 1976–77 | … | 145·0 | Nil |
| 1977–78 | … | Nil | Nil |
| 1978–79 | … | Nil | Nil |
| 1979–80 | … | Nil | — |
| Leeds | … | ||
| 1974–75 | … | 187·5 | 187·5 |
| 1975–76 | … | 230·5 | 230·5 |
| 1976–77 | … | 177·0 | 177·0 |
| 1977–78 | … | 34·8 | 34·8 |
| 1978–79 | … | 43·6 | 43·6 |
| 1979–80 | … | 50·0 | — |
| Wakefield | … | ||
| 1974–75 | … | 250·0 | 250·0 |
| 1975–76 | … | 108·0 | 108·0 |
| 1976–77 | … | 140·0 | 140·0 |
| 1977–78 | … | 22·0 | 22·0 |
| 1978–79 | … | 109·1 | 109·1 |
| 1979–80 | … | 70·0 | — |
The net increase in the number Mt pupils and places in nursery schools and classes in the five districts in West Yorkshire in each of the last five years is evident from the table below:
| … | Total pupils
| Total places
| |
| Bradford | |||
| 1974 | … | 2,539 | 1,749 |
| 1975 | … | 2,796 | 1,835 |
| 1976 | … | 2,770 | 1,793 |
| 1977 | … | 3,143 | 1,960 |
| 1978 | … | 3,277 | 2,032 |
| 1979 | … | 3,393 | 2,100 |
| Calderdale | … | ||
| 1974 | … | 624 | 557 |
| 1975 | … | 752 | 663 |
| 1976 | … | 936 | 740 |
| 1977 | … | 948 | 913 |
| 1978 | … | 1,016 | 1,003 |
| 1979 | … | 1,071 | 1,005 |
| Kirklees | … | ||
| 1974 | … | 1,362 | 730 |
| 1975 | … | 1,479 | 813 |
| 1976 | … | 1,518 | 801 |
| 1977 | … | 1,699 | 895 |
| 1978 | … | 2,283 | 1,163 |
| 1979 | … | 2,510 | 1,279 |
| Leeds | … | ||
| 1974 | … | 1,872 | 1,065 |
| 1975 | … | 2,394 | 1,395 |
| 1976 | … | 2,642 | 1,482 |
| 1977 | … | 2,913 | 1,614 |
| 1978 | … | 3,029 | 1,659 |
| 1979 | … | 3,090 | 1,690 |
| Wakefield | … | ||
| 1974 | … | 1,367 | 997 |
| 1975 | … | 1,469 | 1,035 |
| 1976 | … | 1,739 | 1,124 |
| 1977 | … | 2,349 | 1,391 |
| 1978 | … | 2,656 | 1,563 |
| 1979 | … | 3,014 | 1,742 |