HC Deb 23 October 1972 vol 843 cc200-5W
Miss Lestor

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will give figures for full-time and part-time pupils in maintained, direct grant, recognised independent and other independent nursery schools for each local education authority in England and Wales.

Mr. van Straubenzee

The information is as follows:

Maintained Direct Grant Recognised Independent Other Independent
Local Education Authorities Full-Time Pupils Part-Time Pupils Full-Time Pupils Part-Time Pupils Full-Time Pupils Part-Time Pupils Full-Time Pupils Part-Time Pupils
Isles of Scilly
Kent 27 26 20 41 96 31
Lancashire 663 2,360 30 53
Leicestershire 19 27
Lincolnshire—
Holland
Kesteven 40
Lindsey 37 22
Norfolk 111 26
Northamptonshire 99 99 39 7
Northumberland
Nottinghamshire 72 16
Oxfordshire 23 84 16 34 15 28
Rutland
Shropshire (Salop) 51 135 3 75
Somerset 67 20 51 35
Staffordshire 351 390
Suffolk—
East
West
Surrey 240 114 72 154
Sussex—
East 20 33
West 74 224 40 15
Warwickshire 245 193 27 71
Westmorland 38 43
Wiltshire 44 18
Worcestershire 41
Yorkshire—
East Riding 40 14 16
North Riding 45
West Riding 380 382 4 24
England: County Boroughs
Barnsley 5 237
Barrow-in-Furness 111
Bath 11 37
Birkenhead
Birmingham 1,201 625 138 10
Blackburn 286
Blackpool
Bolton 123 113
Bootle 23 5
Bournemouth 23 14
Bradford 208 80
Brighton 24 146 22 34
Bristol 958 442
Burnley 230 486
Burton-upon-Trent
Bury 27 43
Canterbury
Carlisle
Chester 77
Coventry 118 60 46 51
Darlington 198 226 20 120
Derby 58 278
Dewsbury 38 455
Doncaster
Dudley 160 271
Eastbourne
Exeter 30 30
Gateshead 5 62
Gloucester
Great Yarmouth
Grimsby 45
Halifax 38 48
Hartlepool 132 139
Hastings
Huddersfield 162
Ipswich 47 63
Maintained Direct Grant Recognised Independent Other Independent
Local Education Authorities Full-Time Pupils Part-Time Pupils Full-Time Pupils Part-Time Pupils Full-Time Pupils Part-Time Pupils Full-Time Pupils Part-Time Pupils
Kingston upon Hull 195
Leeds 31 73
Leicester 12
Lincoln 83 12
Liverpool 142 459
Luton 228 119
Manchester 247 203
Newcastle upon Tyne 203 80 37
Northampton 131 222
Norwich 35 58
Nottingham 33 171
Oldham 146
Oxford 205 213
Plymouth 46 6
Portsmouth 35 12
Preston 100
Reading 128 304 17 39
Rochdale 137 372
Rotherham 49 80
St. Helens
Salford 185 Ill
Sheffield 202 395
Solihull 17 20
Southampton
Southend-on-Sea 42
Southport 4 70 26 23
South Shields
Stockport 264 110
Stoke-on-Trent 597 356
Sunderland 50 99 84
Teesside 40
Torbay
Tynemouth 15 208
Wakefield
Wallasey 16 48
Walsall 60 203
Warley 123 85
Warrington
West Bromwich
Wigan
Wolverhampton 322
Worcester
York 40
Outer London Boroughs
Barking
Barnet 11 262 63 41 35
Bexley 25 150
Brent 97 22
Bromley 129 67
Croydon 107 167
Baling 50 185
Enfield
Haringey 25 345
Harrow 135
Havering
Hillingdon 11 158
Hounslow 85 45 1
Kingston upon Thames 44 108 14 104
Merton 18 378 63 151
Newham 13 627 60
Redbridge 30 4
Richmond upon Thames 100 60
Sutton 42 146
Waltham Forest 56 200
Inner London Education Authority 1,023 2,247 192 143 26 [...]0 130 50
Maintained Direct Grant Recognised Independent Other Independent
Local Education Authorities Full-Time Pupils Part-Time Pupils Full-Time Pupils Part-Time Pupils Full-Time Pupils Part-Time Pupils Full-Time Pupils Part-Time Pupils
Wales: Counties
Anglesey
Breconshire 15 25
Caernarvonshire
Cardiganshire
Carmarthenshire 41
Denbighshire
Flintshire 93
Glamorgan 486 214
Merioneth
Monmouthshire 315 313
Montgomeryshire
Pembrokeshire
Radnorshire
Wales: County Boroughs
Cardiff 147 716
Merthyr Tydfil 27 24
Newport (Mon.) 129 281
Swansea 109 253
Total: England and Wales* 15,328 23,957 424 433 166 377 1,456 1,378
* Many local authorities also have nursery classes attached to primary schools.