To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will indicate the cash spent on (a) PPA and (b) nursery schooling in Wales in 1986–87 and 1987–88; if he proposes to give extra cash to PPAs in Wales; if he proposes to make available extra cash for nursery schooling in Wales; and if he will make a statement.

PPA Wales has been receiving grant aid from the Department towards its administrative and headquarters costs for a number of years. The organisation received £118,500 in 1986–87 and £122,997:in 1987–88. The level of grant aid in 1988–89 has yet to be decided.Total current expenditure on the nursery and primary sectors combined was £249·8 million in 1986–87 and £273·8 million in 1987–88. Separate information on nursery schooling is not collected. It is for LEAs to determine their own priorities within the resources available to them.