Skip to main content

Nursery Education

Volume 32: debated on Friday 26 November 1982

The text on this page has been created from Hansard archive content, it may contain typographical errors.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what was the estimated average cost per full-time equivalent child in (a) nursery schools and (b) nursery classes in primary schools, in 1981–82, 1980–81, 1979–80 and 1982–83 if figures are now available;(2) what is the average unit cost of a place in (a) a primary school and

(b) a secondary school in England in (i) 1981–82 and (ii) 1982–83.

Figures are not yet available for 1981–82 and 1982–83. Net expenditure per full-time equivalent pupil in nursery primary and secondary schools in 1979–80 and 1980–81 is estimated to have been as follows (at outturn prices):

1979–801980–81
££
Nursery Schools9231,110
Primary Schools (including nursery classes)547676
Secondary Schools791964
Separate figures for nursery classes in primary schools are not available.