To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what are the implications of the introduction of the proposed nursery voucher scheme for the local management of schools formula. [38159]

The Department is considering the implications of the nursery voucher scheme for LMS scheme. However, since LMS schemes vary, the implications will be different for each scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment which local education authorities will receive negative standard spending assessment for pre-school education services as a consequence of the clawback of funds to finance the proposed nursery voucher scheme. [38158]

Based on current available data, we estimate that no local education authority will have a negative standard spending assessment after a deduction has been made for the purposes of the nursery voucher scheme.