§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of three and four-year-old children in each local authority area are (a) in full-time nursery education and (b) in part-time nursery education; and how this compares with each of the last five years.
§ Mr. DunnThe percentages of the three and four-year-old population attending nursery schools and classes in maintained nursery and primary schools in England for the past five years are as follows: 7W
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Percentages 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Local Education Authority Full-time pupils Part-time pupils Full-time pupils Part-time pupils Full-time pupils Part-time pupils Full-time pupils Part-time pupils Full-time pupils Part-time pupils Barking 8 14 11 15 9 23 5 26 4 32 Barnet 4 22 3 25 4 26 3 29 3 29 Bexley 1 8 1 11 1 11 1 11 1 10 Brent 6 24 7 28 7 30 6 30 5 30 Bromley 0 1 0 1 0 2 — 2 0 2 Croydon 2 5 2 5 2 5 1 6 2 6 Ealing 2 23 1 30 0 38 0 36 0 36 Enfield 0 20 0 21 — 22 — 22 — 21 Haringey 8 27 10 30 9 34 10 37 10 35 Harrow 1 16 1 17 0 19 0 17 — 16 Havering — 4 — 4 — 4 — 4 0 4 Hillingdon 0 40 0 41 0 43 0 41 0 43 Hounslow 1 30 1 32 18 45 17 48 11 48 Kingston-upon-Thames 3 28 3 29 3 30 3 28 3 27 Merton 1 37 1 39 1 40 1 42 1 40 Newham 3 44 4 49 4 56 4 57 4 56 Redbridge 1 9 1 9 1 8 1 8 1 8 Richmond-upon-Thames 1 11 1 17 1 17 1 18 0 16 Sutton 2 12 12 13 1 15 1 16 1 14 Waltham Forest 3 32 3 36 3 38 3 37 3 37 ILEA 14 24 15 23 16 23 16 24 16 24 Birmingham 15 10 16 12 16 14 13 15 13 16 Coventry 7 13 6 16 5 17 5 18 4 19 Dudley 6 16 6 17 5 20 3 23 3 23 Sandwell 7 27 7 29 6 31 6 34 5 34 Solihull 0 20 0 24 0 25 0 26 0 25 Walsall 3 44 4 51 6 53 5 54 3 52 Wolverhampton 0 46 — 50 — 51 — 53 0 56 Knowsley 0 15 0 21 0 26 — 27 — 28 Liverpool 9 31 11 34 10 37 9 38 7 37 St. Helens 0 18 0 18 0 19 0 20 0 19 Sefton 3 24 4 22 3 25 2 26 2 26 Wirral 1 15 1 17 1 19 1 17 1 16 Bolton 14 16 13 19 13 20 10 22 9 24 Bury 5 7 6 9 6 10 5 12 5 14 Manchester 37 15 38 15 37 16 36 18 32 19 Oldham 12 12 13 11 12 14 12 14 11 17 Rochdale 4 24 6 24 5 24 4 24 4 24 Salford 30 6 32 7 36 9 37 12 37 12 Stockport 5 7 5 8 4 9 4 9 3 10 Tameside 4 26 4 33 4 35 3 36 3 37 Trafford 1 9 1 10 1 10 1 10 1 10 Wigan 0 16 0 18 1 21 1 22 1 22 Barnsley 2 44 2 51 1 50 1 49 1 48 Doncaster 2 36 2 38 2 40 2 37 2 36 Rotherham 10 27 11 28 11 28 7 33 7 32 Sheffield 6 24 7 28 6 32 6 32 5 32 Bradford 6 22 6 23 6 23 5 23 4 24 Calderdale 20 3 21 3 21 3 16 12 13 14 Kirklees 1 26 1 27 1 31 1 30 1 32 Leeds 2 18 3 21 3 23 3 24 2 26 Wakefield 6 34 5 34 5 35 5 37 4 38 Gateshead 4 19 5 25 4 29 2 31 2 30 Newcastle upon Tyne 21 15 23 16 23 17 21 20 21 19 North Tyneside 5 39 5 42 5 43 4 43 3 44 South Tyneside 7 35 7 42 4 48 2 52 2 49 Sunderland 4 26 5 26 4 29 3 31 3 32 Avon 7 5 7 5 7 6 7 6 7 6 Bedfordshire 8 21 8 23 7 24 5 24 5 24 Berkshire 3 19 3 19 2 19 2 20 2 20 Buckinghamshire 0 13 0 13 0 12 0 12 — 12 Cambridgeshire 2 9 2 10 2 10 2 10 2 9 Cheshire 1 16 2 18 1 19 1 19 1 19 Cleveland 1 42 1 43 1 44 1 46 0 47 Cornwall (including Isles of Scilly) 1 11 1 12 1 12 1 13 0 13 Cumbria 3 14 3 15 3 16 2 16 2 18 Derbyshire 5 14 5 15 5 15 4 15 4 15 Devon 1 6 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 Dorset — 5 — 5 0 5 — 5 — 5 Durham 5 26 4 28 4 30 3 31 3 32 East Sussex 0 7 1 7 0 7 0 7 0 7 Essex 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 5 1 5 Gloucestershire — — — — — — — — — —
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Local Education Authority Full-time pupils Part-time pupils Full-time pupils Part-time pupils Full-time pupils Part-time pupils Full-time pupils Part-time pupils Full-time pupils Part-time pupils Hampshire 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 Hereford and Worcester 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 5 Hertfordshire 2 30 2 29 1 29 1 30 1 30 Humberside 6 17 6 19 5 21 5 22 5 23 Isle of Wight 1 4 1 4 1 5 1 5 1 5 Kent 0 4 0 5 0 5 — 5 — 5 Lancashire 2 12 1 13 1 14 1 14 1 14 Leicestershire 6 16 6 16 7 17 6 16 6 16 Lincolnshire 2 6 2 6 2 6 1 6 1 6 Norfolk 0 4 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 North Yorkshire 3 13 3 13 3 14 2 14 2 16 Northamptonshire 2 7 1 7 1 7 2 9 2 10 Northumberland 3 10 3 13 3 14 1 15 2 17 Nottinghamshire 3 36 3 36 3 38 3 37 2 39 Oxfordshire 3 10 3 10 3 10 2 10 1 11 Shropshire 0 10 0 11 0 11 0 10 0 11 Somerset 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 — Staffordshire 10 12 11 13 10 13 10 13 9 13 Suffolk 1 9 1 10 1 10 0 10 0 10 Surrey 1 11 1 11 1 11 1 11 1 11 Warwickshire 2 13 2 13 2 14 2 14 2 14 West Sussex 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 Wiltshire 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 ENGLAND 4 15 4 16 4 18 4 18 4 18