Day Nurseries (Hansard, 22 February 1982)

HC Deb 22 February 1982 vol 18 cc296-8W 296W

§ Mr. Race
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many full-time and part-time places are provided for children under the age of 5 years in day nurseries in each local authority with social services responsibility in England.

§ Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg
The following table shows places provided by local authorities at 31 March 1980, except where otherwise indicated:

Local authority Full-time Part-lime

places places

Northern Region

Cleveland 290 20

Cumbria 146 —

Durham 150 —

Northumberland 40 —

Gateshead 90 —

Newcastle upon Tyne 250 96

North Tyneside 91 —

South Tyneside ^{^*}200 —

Sunderland 220 —

Yorkshire and Humberside Region

Humberside 40 191

North Yorkshire 136 38

Barnsley — 12

Doncaster — —

Rotherham — —

Sheffield 357 —

Bradford 508 —

Calderdale 130 —

Kirklees 208 —

Leeds 450 —

Wakefield 80 10

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Local authority Full-time Part-time

places places

North Western Region

Cheshire 477 97

Lancashire 1,394 16

Bolton 240 —

Bury 110 —

Manchester 1,217 120

Oldham 233 20

Rochdale 268 70

Salford 406 12

Stockport 195 —

Tameside 450 32

Trafford 356 —

Wigan 195 —

Knowsley 420 —

Liverpool 908 —

Sefton 286 —

St. Helens 70 —

Wirral 220 —

West Midlands Region

Hereford and Worcester 64 10

Salop 12 —

Staffordshire 340 —

Warwickshire — 31

Birmingham 1,373 —

Coventry 534 85

Dudley — 24

Sandwell 135 40

Solihull 60 —

Walsall 150 22

Wolverhampton ^{^*}125 —

East Midlands Region

Derbyshire 425 132

Leicestershire 505 86

Lincolnshire 80 —

Northamptonshire ^{^*}100 ^{^*}16

Nottinghamshire 645 125

London North Region

Bedfordshire 254 —

Berkshire 132 —

Buckinghamshire 50 —

Cambridgeshire 174 10

Essex 265 —

Hertfordshire 407 —

Norfolk 40 —

Oxfordshire 95 —

Suffolk 63 —

London Central Region

Camden 651 248

Greenwich 215 392

Hackney 446 78

Hammersmith 538 —

Islington ^{^*}608 —

Kensington 354 130

Lambeth 720 132

Lewisham 240 24

Southwark 572 —

Tower Hamlets 375 —

Wandsworth 687 —

Westminster 510 120

City of London — —

Barking 145 —

Barnet 269 12

Bexley 50 —

Brent 745 60

Bromley 50 —

Croydon ^{^*}179 —

Ealing 359 100

Enfield 145 —

Haringey 280 62

Harrow 118 —

Havering 190 —

Hillingdon 250 52

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Local authority Full-time Part-time

places places

Hounslow 174 —

Kingston-upon-Thames ^{^*}96 —

Merton ^{^*}139 20

Newham 253 50

Redbridge ^{^*}100 30

Richmond-upon-Thames 135 —

Sutton 52 —

Waltham Forest ^{^*}280 —

Southern Region

Dorset 100 —

Hampshire 359 —

Isle of Wight — —

Kent 35 —

Surrey 214 —

East Sussex 171 —

West Sussex — —

Wiltshire — —

South Western Region

Avon 550 —

Cornwall — —

Devon 79 —

Gloucestershire 75 —

Isles of Stilly — 40

Somerset 70 —

Total 28,437 2,865

^{^*} 1979 figures