§ Dr. McDonaldasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in the Official
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Academic year (Jan-Dec.) Recurrent Grant (£m.) 1981 50.1 1982 53.6 1983 55.4 In addition, the university received loans of £0.27 million in 1982 and £1.43 million in 1983 to provide funds for the expansion of its PICKUP programme.
§ Mr. Fisherasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of Open University students have applied to pay their fees by instalment in each of the years since 1980.
§ Mr. BrookeThe information requested is as follows:
Report the number and percentage of three and four-year-olds receiving (a) full-time and (b) part-time nursery education in local education authorities in England in 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82 and 1982–83.
§ Sir Keith JosephThe information requested for maintained schools in England is as follows:
January of each year 1980 1981 1982 1983 Number of full-time pupils aged 3 and 4 in nursery schools and classes 43,555 43,199 43,168 41,949 Number of part-time pupils aged 3 and 4 in nursery schools and classes 147,261 151,397 162,926 179,685 Full-time pupils as a percentage of the estimated population aged 3 and 4 years 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.7 Part-time pupils as a percentage of the estimated population aged 3 and 4 years 13.4 14.2 15.1 15.8 In addition, other children aged three and four years attended infant classes in maintained primary schools in England.
§ Dr. McDonaldasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, if he will publish in the Official Report the number of nursery schools and nursery classes attached to primary schools in Essex and the number and percentage of three and four-year-olds receiving (a) full-time and (b) part-times nursery education in Essex in 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82 and 1982–83.
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§ Sir Keith JosephThe information requested in maintained schools in Essex is as follows:
January of each year 1980 1981 1982 1983 Number of nursery schools 2 2 2 2 Number of primary schools with nursery classes 33 33 33 33 Number of full-time pupils aged 3 and 4 years in nursery schools and classes 342 314 254 217 Number of part-time pupils aged 3 and 4 years in nursery schools and classes 1,251 1,296 1,433 1,646 Full-time pupils aged 3 and 4 years in nursery schools and classes as a percentage of the estimated population aged 3 and 4 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.6 Part-time pupils aged 3 and 4 years in nursery schools and classes as a percentage of the estimated population aged 3 and 4 3.4 3.7 4.0 4.3 In addition, other children aged three and four years attended infant classes in maintained primary schools in Essex.