HC Deb 04 March 1993 vol 220 c238W
Mrs. Anne Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for education what proportions of three and four-year-olds attended state nursery schools or state nursery classes in Cambridgeshire in each year since 1984.

Mr. Forth

The estimated percentages of the local three and four-year-old population attending maintained nursery schools and classes in Cambridgeshire local education authority for each of years 1984 to 1992 are shown in the table. The table also shows the percentages of such pupils being taught in infant classes in maintained primary schools.

Position as at January each Year
year Nursery schools and classes Infant classes
1992 12 32
1991 11 31
1990 11 34
1989 12 30
1988 12 30
1987 12 29
1986 12 28
1985 12 29
1984 11 27

Estimated percentages of three and four-year-old population attending maintained nursery schools and classes and infant classes in maintained primary schools in Cambridgeshire LEA.