§ Ms. Hilary ArmstrongTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science, pursuant to his answer of 30 November 1990,Official Report, columns 491–92, when he expects the information for 1990 on the percentage of under-fives in nursery schools, nursery classes and infant classes by local education authority in England to be available.
§ Mr. EggarThe information requested for January 1990 is given in the following table:554W
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Percentage of under fives in maintained nursery and primary schools in rank order in each local education authority—January 1990 All under Fives Nursery schools Nursery classes Primary classes South Tyneside 94 21 37 36 Walsall 91 11 46 34 North Tyneside 91 6 50 35 Salford 87 15 38 34 Liverpool 86 4 46 36 Sandwell 76 2 42 32 Cleveland 75 1 54 20 Knowsley1 74 — 42 31 Tameside 74 5 35 33 Doncaster1 74 — 41 33 Wolverhampton 72 12 45 15 Durham 71 17 23 31 Newcastle upon Tyne 70 9 31 30 Manchester 70 4 51 16 Hounslow1 70 — 66 3 Barking1 69 — 35 34 Wakefield 69 6 42 22 Solihull1 69 — 35 35 Bolton 68 7 30 31 Sunderland 68 12 24 32 Barnsley 67 3 47 17 Haringey 67 4 34 28 Gateshead 67 1 33 32 Oldham1 67 — 34 33 St. Helens 65 2 31 32 Sefton 65 4 28 33 Bury 63 3 26 33 Birmingham 63 8 24 31 Northumberland 63 2 28 32 Sheffield 62 6 39 18 Rochdale 62 14 17 31 Calderdale1 61 — 28 32 Merton1 60 — 40 21 Leeds 60 2 40 19 Derbyshire 60 7 31 22 Ealing 60 7 28 26 Nottinghamshire 58 2 46 10 Brent 57 4 28 26 Bradford 57 3 32 21 Kingston upon Thames 57 7 24 26 Coventry 57 5 20 32 Wirral 57 3 21 33 Kirklees 57 6 32 20 Wigan 57 2 23 32 Humberside 56 5 30 22 Rotherham 56 5 35 16 Cumbria 56 7 16 33 Newham 55 13 41 1 Cheshire 54 3 18 32 Barnet 54 7 22 25 Northamptonshire 54 4 16 33 Hillingdon 51 2 47 2 Enfield1 50 — 20 30 Dudley 49 4 30 16 Warwickshire 49 6 11 32 Inner London 49 7 29 13 Avon 48 7 10 31 Staffordshire 48 7 15 26 Lancashire 48 9 8 31 North Yorkshire 48 2 18 28 Stockport 48 11 6 31 Hertfordshire 47 6 23 17 Waltham Forest 47 5 30 12 Cornwall3 45 1 13 31 Cambridgeshire 45 4 7 33 Richmond upon Thames 45 2 17 26 Harrow1 45 — 16 29 Isle of Wight1 43 — 7 36 Havering1 39 — 4 35 Leicestershire 38 0 22 16 Bedfordshire 38 8 23 7 East Sussex 38 2 6 30
All under Fives Nursery schools Nursery classes Primary classes Dorset1 38 — 6 33 Croydon 35 5 2 28 Norfolk 34 2 3 28 Shropshire 34 2 11 22 Somerset1 33 — 1 33 Lincolnshire 32 2 6 23 Suffolk 31 1 15 15 Sutton 31 6 25 0 Gloucestershire1 31 — — 31 Bexley 30 3 12 14 Trafford1 30 — 22 7 Devon 28 1 10 16 Redbridge1 27 — 13 14 Berkshire 26 10 15 1 Surrey 24 2 9 13 Hereford & Worcester1 22 — 7 15 Hampshire 21 1 4 16 Essex 21 1 5 15 Buckinghamshire 18 3 7 9 Wiltshire1 18 — 3 16 Oxfordshire 18 6 9 4 Kent 17 0 5 12 Bromley1 17 — 2 15 West Sussex 10 3 1 6 ENGLAND 46 4 21 22 Note:— 1 Have no Nursery Schools 2 Have no Nursery Schools or Nursery Classes 3 Includes Isles of Scilly