HC Deb 19 October 1992 vol 212 c21W
Ms. Janet Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what representations he has received concerning the standard spending assessment criteria for under-fives provision in Lancashire.

Mr. Forth

My right hon. Friend has received letters from several hon. Members who represent Lancashire constituencies, including the hon. Member for Rossendale and Darwen (Ms. Anderson).

Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what percentage of three and four-year-olds are in nursery education in Britain.

Mr. Forth

Nursery education in Wales and Scotland is the responsibility of my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Wales and Scotland. Fifty-one per cent. of three and four-year-olds attended maintained and independent schools in England in January 1991. The figure for maintained schools alone was 48 per cent., that for maintained nursery schools and nursery classes of primary schools was 25 per cent.