Nursery Education

Mr. Kilroy-Silk
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science which local education authorities in the North-West have not taken up (a) all and (b) part of their allocation for nursery education; and what amounts they have therefore relinquished.

Miss Joan Lestor
The local education authorities in the North-West which have informed my Department that they are not taking up all or part of their nursery education building allocations for the current year, 1975–76, and the amounts involved, are: ------------
|Authority |
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|Bolton    |
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|Lancashire|
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|Trafford  |
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