(2) what percentage of each English local education authority’s nursery education grant was passed on the providers in each of the last three years;
(3) what percentage of each English local education authority's nursery education grant was withheld for central administration of support in each of the last three years.
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From 2003-04 to 2005-06, school and early years funding was distributed to LAs through School Formula Spending Share (SFSS). Table 1 shows the funding allocation in £ millions for early years for each local authority in 2004-05 and 2005-06. Figures for spend on early years in 2004-05 and 2005-06 are not available.
Funding for nursery education provision is now provided to local authorities through the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) alongside that for all pre-16 learning, but is not separately identified. Local authorities—in consultation with their School Forums— are responsible for deciding how best to apply their total school and early years funding across all age groups and between different types of provider, based on an assessment of local circumstances.
LEA name 2004-05 2005-06 City of London 0.226 0.223 Camden 12.938 14.036 Greenwich 17.302 18.761 Hackney 18.700 21.310 Hammersmith and Fulham 10.285 11.436 Islington 14.319 15.490 Kensington and Chelsea 8.501 9.122 Lambeth 20.203 21.861 Lewisham 18.730 20.432 Southwark 22.163 23.448 Tower Hamlets 20.745 22.826 Wandsworth 18.514 20.260 Westminster 11.548 12.507 Barking and Dagenham 12.502 13.071 Barnet 18.776 20.921 Bexley 13.224 14.645 Brent 17.803 19.340 Bromley 17.471 18.693 Croydon 21.110 22.364 Ealing 20.486 22.207 Enfield 19.321 20.502 Haringey 17.194 17.726 Harrow 12.370 13.230 Havering 12.737 13.562 Hillingdon 16.879 18.497 Hounslow 14.012 15.554 Kingston upon Thames 8.135 8.666 Merton 10.728 12.226 Newham 24.521 26.786 Redbridge 16.141 17.381 Richmond upon Thames 9.139 10.274 Sutton 10.378 11.140 Waltham Forest 14.763 15.901 Birmingham 67.650 74.008 Coventry 16.779 18.429 Dudley 15.994 17.772 Sandwell 17.672 19.299 Solihull 11.057 11.930 Walsall 15.416 17.040 Wolverhampton 14.130 15.267 Knowsley 9.619 10.360 Liverpool 24.920 26.492 St. Helens 9.394 10.036 Sefton 13.824 14.610 Wirral 16.398 17.713 Bolton 15.549 16.957 Bury 9.863 10.695 Manchester 26.568 28.829 Oldham 14.095 15.780 Rochdale 12.776 13.590 Salford 12.235 13.019 Stockport 14.334 15.381 Tameside 11.601 12.752 Trafford 11.124 12.527 Wigan 15.322 16.927 Barnsley 10.074 10.737 Doncaster 15.426 15.167 Rotherham 13.948 14.952 Sheffield 27.137 29.105 Bradford 31.382 35.437 Calderdale 11.397 12.466 Kirklees 23.664 24.736 Leeds 36.660 39.657 Wakefield 15.152 16.940 Gateshead 9.796 10.314 Newcastle upon Tyne 13.162 13.937 North Tyneside 9.984 10.429 South Tyneside 7.591 8.188 Sunderland 14.522 15.446 Isles of Scilly 0.115 0.117 Bath and North East Somerset 7.685 8.252 Bristol, City of 19.260 21.717 North Somerset 8.982 9.780 South Gloucestershire 13.400 14.190 Hartlepool 5.083 5.690 Middlesbrough 8.272 8.857 Redcar and Cleveland 7.241 7.659 Stockton-on-Tees 9.773 10.864 Kingston Upon Hull, City of 13.349 13.484 East Riding of Yorkshire 14.198 15.102 North East Lincolnshire 8.202 9.375 North Lincolnshire 7.625 8.174 North Yorkshire 25.554 27.442 York 7.749 8.605 Bedfordshire 19.863 22.117 Luton 13.020 13.984 Buckinghamshire 25.244 27.827 Milton Keynes 13.331 14.761 Derbyshire 35.859 38.499 Derby 13.433 14.979 Dorset 15.938 16.813 Poole 5.759 6.296 Bournemouth 7.076 7.224 Durham 24.190 25.611 Darlington 5.431 5.954 East Sussex 21.535 23.197 Brighton and Hove 10.965 11.435 Hampshire 64.339 69.489 Portsmouth 9.707 10.281 Southampton 12.473 11.501 Leicestershire 29.109 32.315 Leicester 18.737 19.968 Rutland 1.632 1.780 Staffordshire 38.912 41.441 Stoke-on-Trent 12.280 13.623 Wiltshire 21.993 24.620 Swindon 10.181 10.991 Bracknell Forest 5.638 6.062 Windsor and Maidenhead 6.291 7.332 West Berkshire 7.198 8.295 Reading 6.484 7.700 Slough 7.848 8.639 Wokingham 6.812 7.691 Cambridgeshire 27.559 29.844 Peterborough 9.959 10.896 Cheshire 32.581 35.642 Halton 6.834 7.140 Warrington 10.383 11.379 Devon 29.000 33.872 Plymouth 12.235 13.012 Torbay 5.965 6.359 Essex 66.744 72.601 Southend-on-Sea 9.392 10.017 Thurrock 8.746 9.257 Herefordshire 7.828 8.378 Worcestershire 26.018 28.179 Kent 71.552 77.073 Medway 13.995 14.893 Lancashire 56.973 61.794 Blackburn with Darwen 9.861 10.677 Blackpool 7.196 7.717 Nottinghamshire 31.646 34.124 Nottingham 14.295 15.190 Shropshire 11 .447 12.303 Telford and Wrekin 9.387 10.019 Cornwall 20.727 22.517 Cumbria 22.036 23.885 Gloucestershire 27.608 29.911 Hertfordshire 61.327 64.540 Isle of Wight 6.113 6.631 Lincolnshire 30.662 33.061 Norfolk 35.729 38.312 Northamptonshire 34.491 37.279 Northumberland 14.518 15.675 Oxfordshire 27.559 29.921 Somerset 23.601 24.791 Suffolk 28.999 31.087 Surrey 56.191 60.526 Warwickshire 25.512 27.498 West Sussex 35.675 39.275 Note: Figures are after damping.