Education minister Sir Robin Squire estimated the average annual cost for a full-time pupil aged under five in the ...
Education minister Sir Robin Squire estimated the average annual cost for a full-time pupil aged under five in the maintained sector is £1,770 at 1993-4 prices.
In a written answer to Gordon Prentice (Labour, Pendle), Sir Robin said 53% of three and four-year-olds were currently in some form of full-time or part-time schooling.
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