§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proportion of children in Great Britain and in each English region attended (a) full-time and (b) part-time nursery education in each year from 1970 to 1974
§ Miss Joan LestorOn the assumption that the relevant population in any given region may be taken to be about one-half of the 1-4 age group, the proportions for the English regions were as given below. These relate to full-time and
FULL-TIME PUPILS Region January 1970 January 1971 January 1972 January 1973 January 1974 North … 3.6 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.3 Yorkshire and Humberside … 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.3 East Midlands … 2.3 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.6 East Anglia … 1.9 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.7 South East: Greater London … 2.9 2.4 2.6 2.6 2.6 Other South East … 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 SouthWest … 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.7 West Midlands … 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.6 NorthWest … 4.1 3.8 3.9 4.0 4.2
PART-TIME PUPILS Region January 1970 (1) January 1971 January 1972 January 1973 January 1974 North … 0.7 1.8 2.8 3.9 6.0 Yorkshire and Humberside … 0.9 3.6 5.0 5.9 7.5 East Midlands … 0.4 4.1 5.1 5.8 6.9 East Anglia … 0.8 1.8 2.0 2.5 4.9 South East: Greater London … 1.5 6.8 9.1 10.2 10.8 Other South East … 1.2 2.3 2.8 3.1 4.0 SouthWest … 0.4 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.3 West Midlands … 1.1 2.5 3.3 4.0 4.8 North West … 1.4 4.0 5.0 5.7 6.7 Notes:
(1) Nursery schools only.
The percentages are based on the estimated population (half of the 1–4 age group) as at 30th June in each of the preceding years (Source: Registrar-General's estimates).