Figures on the Department’s expenditure on research on children and families, for each financial year since 2003, are given in the following table. These figures incorporate expenditure on research related to the education of children under the age of five.
£ 2003-04 6,470,918 2004-05 10,709,782 2005-06 10,273,893 2006-07 12,073,234 2007-08 10,681,787
In 2007-08, approximately £5 million of this money was spent on research related to early years. Expenditure on research specifically related to the education of children under the age of five for earlier years could be provided only at a disproportionate cost.