§ Mr. McNallyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many (a) 3-year-old and (b) 4-year-old children in England were in (i) nursery schools and (ii) nursery classes in primary schools expressed as (a) full-time equivalents and (b) full and unweighted part-timers in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and what was the total population of (i) 3-year-olds and (ii) 4-year-olds in the same years.
§ Dr. BoysonThe information requested is as follows:
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Age of pupils (at previous 31 August) 3 years 4 years* 1980 1981 1982 1980 1981 1982 Part-time pupils 91,320 95,531 ‡105,574 27,970 27,950 ‡27,972 Full-time equivalent† 65,057 67,468 ‡72,786 25,519 25,248 ‡24,526 Estimated population (thousands) 544 525 539 385 368 354 * Excluding children aged 4 years who became 5 years of age by 31 December. † Full-time pupils plus half the number of part-time pupils. † Provisional.
§ Mr. McNallyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, how many (a) 3-year-olds and (b) 4-year-olds in England were in local authority day nurseries with teacher surpervision expressed (i) as full-time equivalents and (ii) as full and unweighted part-timers in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
§ Dr. BoysonThe Department does not collect information relating to the employment of teachers in day nurseries.
§ Mr. McNallyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many (a) 3-year-olds and (b) 4-year-olds in England were involved in no form of education or other pre-school educational experience in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
§ Dr. BoysonThe estimated numbers of children aged 3 and 4 years who were not attending a school as either a full-time or part-time pupil in January 1980, 1981 and 1982 are as follows:
Children aged 3 and 4 years not attending a school Age at previous 31 August January 3 years (thousands) *4 years (thousands) 1980 390 104 1981 367 94 1982 369 86 * Excluding children aged 4 years on 31 August who became 5 years by 31 December.
§ Mr. McNallyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are his estimates of the number of (a) 3 and (b) 4-year-olds in each school year for 1982–83 to 1988–89.
§ Dr. BoysonProjections of the numbers of 3 and 4-year-old children in England are as follows:
Thousands January of each year *Age 3 †Age 4 1983 584 366 1984 606 396 1985 595 415 1986 579 395 1987 579 388 1988 594 391 1989 616 404 * Children aged 3 at the previous 31 August. † Children aged 4 at the previous 31 August, but excluding those becoming 5 between that date and 31 December.