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Playgrounds: Capital Investment
Mr. Hepburn:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much capital funding was allocated to playgrounds in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the north-east and (d) England in each year since 1997. [187068]
Beverley Hughes:
The Government do not collect statistics on or otherwise monitor how much capital is spent on playgrounds by local authorities. We do not separately identify individual capital grants that finance capital expenditure. Only the total used to finance expenditure in a year is collected.
In the Children's Plan, we recently announced £190 million capital funding to be spent on open-access, free play environments. Every local authority in England will receive funding by 2010-11. In addition, local authorities already receive substantial funding to
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support maintenance of public space. BIG lottery has just invested £124 million to 2010-11 to support play in local authorities.
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
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the under-fives sub-block of authorities’ education formula spending; and if he will make a statement. [187095]
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:
| £ million |
| | 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
|
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|
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
|
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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.
|
