HC Deb 09 March 1984 vol 55 cc741-3W
Mr. Barnett

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of the estimated population of three and four-year-old children were receiving education in nursery schools and classes in each local education authority in England on the latest date for which figures are available.

Mr. Dunn

The percentage of the estimated population of three and four-year-old children who were receiving education in nursery schools and classes in each local education authority in England in January 1983 are as follows:

All pupils under five in nursery schools and classes expressed as a percentage of 3 and 4-year-old population
Percentage
Barking 31
Bexley 12
Bromley 2
Ealing 36
Haringey 47
Havering 4
Hounslow 65
Merton 42
Redbridge 9
Sutton 16
ILEA 40
Birmingham 28
Dudley 26
Solihull 26
Wolverhampton 53
Liverpool 47
Sefton 28
Bolton 32
Manchester 54
Barnet 32
Brent 36
Croydon 7
Enfield 22
Harrow 17

United Kingdom universities
1969–70
Parental occupation* Number (000s) percentage of total
I-XX (manual, agricultural) 15.0 27
XXI-XXHI, XXV (non-manual, clerical) 15.0 27
XXIV (Administrators and managers) 8.3 15
XXV (Professional technical) 17.2 31
* Omitting candidates for whom the parental occupation was inadequately described or was not known.

Percentage
Hillingdon 41
Kingston-upon-Thames 31
Newham 60
Richmond-upon-Thames 18
Waltham Forest 40
Coventry 23
Sandwell 39
Walsall 59
Knowsley 27
St. Helens 20
Wirral 18
Bury 17
Oldham 26
Rochdale 28
Stockport 13
Trafford 10
Barnsley 50
Rotherham 40
Bradford 28
Kirklees 31
Wakefield 42
Newcastle upon Tyne 40
South Tyneside 54
Avon 13
Berkshire 22
Cambridgeshire 12
Cleveland 47
Cumbria 19
Devon 8
Durham 34
Essex 5
Hampshire 5
Hertfordshire 31
Isle of Wight 6
Lancashire 15
Lincolnshire 7
North Yorkshire 17
Northumberland 17
Oxfordshire 12
Somerset 1
Suffolk 10
Warwickshire 16
Wiltshire 1
Salford 48
Tameside 39
Wigan 22

Percentage
Doncaster 38
Sheffield 38
Calderdale 27
Leeds 27
Gateshead 33
North Tyneside 46
Sunderland 34
Bedfordshire 30
Buckinghamshire 12
Cheshire 20
Cornwall 14
Derbyshire 19
Dorset 5
East Sussex 7
Gloucestershire
Hereford and Worcester 5
Humberside 27
Kent 5
Leicestershire 22
Norfolk 5
Northamptonshire 11
Nottinghamshire 40
Shropshire 10
Staffordshire 23
Surrey 12
West Sussex 3
England 22

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