§ Mr. Rathboneasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children, at each applicable age level, are at present attending nursery schools in each local education authority area.
§ Mr. DunnThe number of children aged 2, 3 and 4 in each local education authority in England attending nursery schools in January 1983 are:
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Full-time and part-time pupils in nursery schools Aged 2 Aged 3 Aged 4 Total Barking 0 0 0 0 Barnet 105 377 7 489 Bexley 17 103 55 175 Brent 55 203 19 277 Bromley 0 0 0 0 Croydon 52 331 1 384 Ealing 88 402 136 626 Enfield 0 0 0 0 Haringey 84 141 1 226 Harrow 0 0 0 0 Havering 0 0 0 0 Hillingdon 0 82 19 101 Hounslow 0 0 0 0 Kingston-upon-Thames 41 165 25 231 Merton 44 158 6 208 Newham 141 665 232 1,038 Redbridge 0 0 0 0 Richmond-upon-Thames 29 41 0 70 Sutton 13 128 91 232 Waltham Forest 32 320 99 451 ILEA 743 2,407 865 4,015 Birmingham 340 1,380 389 2,109 Coventry 119 267 2 388 Dudley 43 283 149 475 Sandwell 26 117 14 157 Solihull 0 0 0 0 Walsall 310 529 10 849 Wolverhampton 143 527 154 824 Knowsley 0 0 0 0 Liverpool 178 366 21 565 St. Helens 24 49 1 74 Sefton 61 241 11 313 Wirral 65 173 17 255 Bolton 177 422 2 601 Bury 34 123 1 158 Manchester 137 195 54 386 Oldham 0 0 0 0 Rochdale 101 769 1 871 Salford 334 423 19 776 Stockport 143 593 1 737 Tameside 77 241 0 318 Trafford 4 45 31 80 Wigan 53 128 2 183 Barnsley 33 104 28 165 Doncaster 0 0 0 0 Rotherham 0 225 106 331 Sheffield 85 522 134 741 Bradford 85 351 138 574 Calderdale 0 97 0 97 Kirklees 100 491 259 850 Leeds 7 216 49 272 Wakefield 47 353 78 478 Gateshead 16 42 1 59 Newcastle upon Tyne 184 406 2 592 North Tyneside 51 255 1 307 South Tyneside 143 662 1 806 Sunderland 53 852 0 905 Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0 Avon 228 988 271 1,487 Bedfordshire 82 746 533 1,361
Aged 2 Aged 3 Aged 4 Total Berkshire 68 852 858 1,778 Buckinghamshire 3 237 267 507 Cambridgeshire 87 505 55 647 Cheshire 99 507 191 797 Cleveland 77 286 82 445 Cornwall 19 62 23 104 Cumbria 202 453 26 681 Derbyshire 105 736 274 1,115 Devon 5 93 44 142 Dorset 0 0 0 0 Durham 189 1,837 181 2,207 East Sussex 39 184 49 272 Essex 10 164 74 248 Gloucestershire 0 0 0 0 Hampshire 31 164 62 257 Hereford and Worcester 0 0 0 0 Hertfordshire 70 1,147 504 1,721 Humberside 75 646 262 983 Isle of Wight 0 0 0 0 Kent 16 51 21 88 Lancashire 717 2,299 214 3,230 Leicestershire 0 24 24 48 Lincolnshire 9 201 148 358 Norfolk 36 309 20 365 North Yorkshire 24 219 68 311 Northamptonshire 39 393 62 494 Northumberland 28 118 9 155 Nottinghamshire 115 282 117 514 Oxfordshire 56 391 349 796 Shropshire 21 108 28 157 Somerset 1 21 6 28 Staffordshire 120 1,340 378 1,838 Suffolk 2 104 38 144 Surrey 30 309 163 502 Warwickshire 63 487 74 624 West Sussex 35 258 161 454 Wiltshire 0 0 0 0 ENGLAND 7,318 33,491 8,868 49,677