Nursery Education

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education and Science – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 13 March 1979.

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Photo of Mr Ian Lloyd Mr Ian Lloyd , Havant and Waterloo 12:00, 13 March 1979

Will the Minister approach this matter with a little caution? Is she aware that the projected expenditure in Hampshire on nursery education for the coming year will amount to £1,600 a year for each child? If half the children of qualifying age in Hampshire were to exercise the option, should it be available to them for such education, it would cost the county £92 million. On that basis, generalising for the whole country, one is talking of a figure of about half the public sector borrowing requirement.