Pre-school Education: Finance Mrs. Maria Miller To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what funding was provided to each local education authority to provide free nursery education for three and four-year-olds in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06 as part of the under-fives sub-block of authorities’ education formula spending; and if he will make a statement. Beverley Hughes In 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06 local authorities received funding to provide free nursery education for three and four-year-olds through the under-fives sub-block of their education formula spending (EFS). The funding figures broken down by local authority are as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Funding through EFS under five block| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |LA name |2003-04 |2004-05|2005-06| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Barking and Dagenham |15.1 |15.4|16.0| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Barnet |21.5 |22.4|24.9| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Barnsley |12.3 |12.4|13.2| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Bath and North East Somerset |8.9 |8.9|9.6| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Bedfordshire |23.2 |23.7|26.2| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Bexley |15.0 |15.6|17.2| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Birmingham |80.4 |83.0|90.6| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Blackburn with Darwen |11.8 |12.1|13.1| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Blackpool |8.7 |8.6|9.3| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Bolton |18.1 |18.8|20.4| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Bournemouth |8.1 |8.4|8.5| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Bracknell Forest |6.3 |6.7|7.1| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Bradford |36.0 |38.2|43.0| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Brent |20.7 |21.7|23.4| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Brighton and Hove |12.7 |13.2|13.8| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Bristol, City of |23.8 |23.5|26.2| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Bromley |20.0 |20.4|21.8| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Buckinghamshire |27.7 |29.6|32.5| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Bury |11.3 |11.8|12.7| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Calderdale |13.2 |13.6|14.9| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Cambridgeshire |31.4 |32.6|35.2| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Camden |14.4 |15.8|17.1| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Cheshire |37.7 |38.3|41.7| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |City of London |0.2 |0.3|0.3| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Cornwall |23.8 |25.0|27.0| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Coventry |20.2 |20.4|22.3| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Croydon |25.0 |25.6|27.1| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Cumbria |26.2 |26.5|28.6| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Darlington |6.4 |6.5|7.1| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Derby |15.5 |16.2|18.0| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Derbyshire |41.6 |42.8|45.8| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Devon |35.2 |34.6|39.8| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Doncaster |18.5 |18.9|18.7| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Dorset |18.2 |18.7|19.7| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Dudley |18.8 |19.0|20.9| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Durham |28.8 |29.4|31.0| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Ealing |23.4 |24.7|26.7| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |East Riding of Yorkshire |16.2 |16.8|17.8| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |East Sussex |25.5 |25.8|27.6| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Enfield |22.0 |23.0|24.4| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Essex |76.8 |78.9|85.3| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Gateshead |11.6 |11.8|12.4| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Gloucestershire |31.2 |32.3|34.9| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Greenwich |20.5 |21.5|23.2| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Hackney |22.3 |23.6|26.4| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Halton |8.1 |8.3|8.8| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Hammersmith and Fulham |11.6 |12.8|4.1| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Hampshire |73.1 |74.8|80.4| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Haringey |20.3 |21.0|21.6| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Harrow |14.4 |14.7|15.7| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Hartlepool |6.1 |6.2|7.0| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Havering |14.2 |14.9|15.8| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Herefordshire |9.1 |9.4|10.0| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Hertfordshire |69.4 |71.8|75.2| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Hillingdon |18.9 |20.0|21.9| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Hounslow |17.0 |16.9|18.6| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Isle of Wight |7.2 |7.3|7.9| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Isles of Scilly |0.2 |0.2|0.2| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Islington |16.9 |17.7|19.0| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Kensington and Chelsea |9.3 |10.4|11.1| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Kent |82.2 |84.5|90.5| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Kingston upon Hull, City of |16.6 |16.6|16.7| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Kingston upon Thames |9.0 |9.6|10.2| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Kirklees |26.8 |28.4|29.7| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Knowsley |12.2 |12.0|12.9| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Lambeth |24.5 |25.3|27.0| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Lancashire |67.0 |68.2|73.6| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Leeds |43.0 |44.1|47.3| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Leicester |21.8 |22.8|24.2| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Leicestershire |32.5 |33.8|37.3| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Lewisham |23.2 |23.4|25.5| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Lincolnshire |34.8 |36.7|39.4| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Liverpool |31.1 |30.9|32.8| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Luton |14.5 |15.6|16.7| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Manchester |32.2 |33.1|35.8| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Medway |16.6 |6.7|17.7| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Merton |12.5 |12.9|14.6| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Middlesbrough |10.1 |10.4|11.1| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Milton Keynes |13.1 |15.8|17.5| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Newcastle upon Tyne |16.3 |16.2|17.1| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Newham |29.6 |30.2|32.6| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Norfolk |41.2 |42.8|45.7| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |North East Lincolnshire |10.1 |10.0|11.4| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |North Lincolnshire |9.1 |9.2|9.8| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |North Somerset |9.7 |10.5|11.4| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |North Tyneside |11.4 |11.8|12.3| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |North Yorkshire |30.0 |30.3|32.4| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Northamptonshire |39.8 |40.9|44.0| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Northumberland |16.9 |17.4|18.8| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Nottingham |17.3 |17.9|18.9| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Nottinghamshire |37.4 |38.3|41.0| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Oldham |16.7 |17.2|19.1| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Oxfordshire |31.1 |32.6|35.2| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Peterborough |11.6 |11.9|12.9| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Plymouth |14.4 |14.5|15.3| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Poole |6.9 |6.8|7.4| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Portsmouth |11.7 |11.7|12.3| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Reading |7.9 |8.0|9.3| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Redbridge |18.7 |19.2|20.6| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Redcar and Cleveland |8.7 |8.8|9.4| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Richmond upon Thames |9.6 |10.7|12.0| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Rochdale |15.1 |15.6|16.5| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Rotherham |16.4 |16.8|18.0| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Rutland |1.7 |1.9|2.1| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Salford |14.8 |14.9|15.7| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Sandwell |21.0 |21.7|23.6| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Sefton |16.5 |16.5|17.4| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Sheffield |31.6 |32.7|34.9| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Shropshire |13.6 |13.6|14.7| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Slough |9.4 |9.6|10.4| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Solihull |12.5 |13.0|13.9| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Somerset |27.1 |27.8|29.1| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |South Gloucestershire |15.2 |15.5|16.4| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |South Tyneside |9.4 |9.4|10.0| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Southampton |13.2 |14.8|13.8| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Southend-on-Sea |10.3 |11.2|11.9| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Southwark |26.3 |27.2|28.8| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |St. Helens |11.0 |11.4|12.1| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Staffordshire |45.1 |46.0|48.8| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Stockport |16.7 |16.8|18.0| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Stockton-on-Tees |11.7 |11.8|13.1| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Stoke-on-Trent |15.3 |15.1|16.6| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Suffolk |34.2 |34.6|37.0| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Sunderland |17.4 |17.7|18.7| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Surrey |60.3 |65.0|69.9| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Sutton |10.0 |12.3|13.2| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Swindon |11.5 |12.0|13.0| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Tameside |13.8 |14.0|15.3| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Telford and Wrekin |10.1 |11.4|12.1| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Thurrock |9.9 |10.5|11.1| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Torbay |6.7 |7.1|7.6| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Tower Hamlets |24.4 |26.1|28.4| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Trafford |12.9 |13.1|14.7| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Wakefield |17.8 |18.4|20.4| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Walsall |17.8 |18.8|20.6| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Waltham Forest |17.2 |18.2|19.5| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Wandsworth |20.7 |21.9|23.9| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Warrington |11.8 |12.1|13.3| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Warwickshire |28.9 |30.1|32.4| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |West Berkshire |8.0 |8.4|9.7| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |West Sussex |40.4 |41.9|45.8| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Westminster |13.0 |13.8|15.1| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Wigan |18.3 |18.3|20.1| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Wiltshire |25.2 |25.9|28.8| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Windsor and Maidenhead |7.3 |7.4|8.5| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Wirral |19.6 |19.7|21.2| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Wokingham |8.0 |7.9|8.9| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Wolverhampton |16.9 |17.3|18.6| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Worcestershire |29.6 |30.7|33.1| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |York |9.1 |9.1|10.1| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Total |3,106.4 |3,208.1|3,456.7| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Notes:1. Price base: cash.2. All figures include the pensions transfer to EFS.3. These figures are rounded to the nearest £0.1 million.| | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Education formula spending was not ring-fenced, so funding for education (including the notional under-fives funding) could be spent on other sectors and vice versa.