§ Ms HodgeTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) how many children under the age of five years have(a) a full-time and (b) part-time place in (i) reception classes in school, (ii) nursery classes in schools and (iii) nursery schools by local education authority area; [6524]
(2) what percentage of children under the age of five years has (a) a full-time and (b) a part-time place in (i) reception classes in schools, (ii) nursery classes in schools and (iii) nursery schools by local education authority area. [6523]
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe information requested is shown in the following table:
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Pupils aged under five years of age1 2in nursery and primary schools Position as at January 1995 (provisional) Nursery schools Full-time Part-time Number Percent. Number Percent. Camden 40 1 21 1 Greenwich 330 5 317 5 Hackney 62 1 87 1 Hammersmith and Fulham 310 8 244 7 Islington 147 3 172 3 Kensington and Chelsea 174 6 75 2 Lambeth 190 2 260 3 Lewisham 100 1 131 2 Southwark 216 3 319 4 Tower Hamlets 451 8 270 5 Wandsworth 112 2 104 2 Westminster 52 1 138 4 Barking and Dagenham 0 0 0 0 Barnet 26 — 549 7 Bexley 0 0 0 0 Brent 222 3 1 — Bromley 0 0 0 0 Croydon 0 0 499 5 Ealing 20 — 434 5 Enfield 0 0 0 0 Haringey 163 3 60 1 Harrow 0 0 0 0 Havering 0 0 0 0 Hillingdon 0 0 120 2 Hounslow 0 0 0 0 Kingston upon Thames 58 2 184 5 Merton 0 0 0 0
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Pupils aged under five years of age1 2in nursery and primary schools Position as at January 1995 (provisional) Nursery schools Full-time Part-time Number Percent. Number Percent. Newham 80 1 879 10 Redbridge 0 0 0 0 Richmond upon Thames 8 — 60 1 Sutton 0 0 240 5 Waltham Forest 33 — 275 4 Birmingham 788 2 1,623 5 Coventry 17 — 124 1 Dudley 9 — 61 1 Sandwell 73 1 55 1 Solihull 0 0 0 0 Walsall 73 1 766 10 Wolverhampton 0 0 848 12 Knowsley 0 0 0 0 Liverpool 193 1 371 3 St. Helens 0 0 80 2 Sefton 1 — 317 4 Wirral 13 — 306 3 Bolton 31 — 460 6 Bury 51 1 108 2 Manchester 404 3 138 1 Oldham 0 0 0 0 Rochdale 47 1 865 13 Salford 532 8 543 8 Stockport 80 1 856 11 Tameside 0 0 281 4 Trafford 0 0 0 0 Wigan 3 — 187 2 Barnsley 0 0 181 3 Doncaster 0 0 0 0 Rotherham 0 0 403 6 Sheffield 140 1 711 5 Bradford 179 1 342 2 Calderdale 0 0 0 0 Kirklees 0 0 548 5 Leeds 0 0 77 — Wakefield 0 0 481 5 Gateshead 3 — 70 1 Newcastle upon Tyne 588 8 34 — North Tyneside 46 1 180 4 South Tyneside 10 — 444 11 Sunderland 38 — 1,004 12 Avon 698 3 1,101 4 Bedfordshire 316 2 1,160 7 Berkshire 129 1 2,074 10 Buckinghamshire O 0 571 3 Cambridge 18 — 716 4
Pupils aged under five years of age1 2in nursery and primary schools Position as at January 1995 (provisional) Nursery schools Full-time Part-time Number Percent. Number Percent. Cheshire 40 — 829 3 Cleveland 0 0 154 0 Cornwall3 24 — 87 1 Cumbria 1 — 816 7 Derbyshire 138 1 1,435 6 Devon 46 — 269 1 Dorset 0 0 0 0 Durham 2 — 269 1 East Sussex 0 0 258 2 Essex 0 0 300 1 Gloucestershire 0 0 0 0 Hampshire 1 — 338 1 Hertfordshire 41 — 1,702 6 Humberside 219 1 944 4 Isle of Wight 0 0 0 0 Kent 0 0 83 — Lancashire 24 — 3,640 9
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Position as at January 1995 (provisional) Primary schools Nursery classes Infant classes Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Camden 446 11 509 12 1,014 25 1 — Greenwich 284 4 2,351 35 1,012 15 12 — Hackney 784 12 1,388 21 1,587 24 0 0 Hammersmith and Fulham 558 15 609 16 568 15 0 0 Islington 949 19 626 12 1,459 29 7 — Kensington and Chelsea 412 13 196 6 380 12 5 — Lambeth 560 7 1,451 19 975 12 43 1 Lewisham 404 6 2,027 28 1,069 15 62 1 Southwark 697 9 1,865 25 2,113 29 7 — Tower Hamlets 1,594 28 1,041 18 1,695 29 10 — Wandsworth 859 13 1,317 19 1,624 24 0 0 Westminster 439 11 554 14 568 15 6 — Barking and Dagenham 2 — 2,052 46 1,623 36 0 0 Barnet 4 — 2,091 25 2,156 26 49 1 Bexley 0 0 1,442 23 2,052 33 22 — Brent 702 10 1,675 24 1,974 28 0 0 Bromley 0 0 172 2 2,385 34 0 0 Croydon 0 0 1,512 16 2,877 30 6 — Ealing 1 — 3,264 41 2,424 30 2 — Enfield 0 0 1,663 21 2,366 31 23 — Haringey 511 8 2,008 32 1,846 30 2 — Harrow 0 0 1,009 18 1,626 29 0 0 Havering 17 — 478 9 1.983 36 1 — Hillingdon 0 0 3,234 47 31 — 56 1 Hounslow 1 — 2,362 40 1,724 29 1 — Kingston upon Thames 0 0 967 28 500 14 538 15 Merton 19 — 2,694 55 777 16 206 4 Newham 62 1 3,434 40 1,280 15 0 0 Redbridge 34 1 1,292 20 1,216 19 181 3 Richmond upon Thames 0 0 670 16 57 1 1,057 26 Sutton 1 — 1,726 36 61 1 3 — Waltham Forest 91 1 2,314 33 1,033 15 11 — Birmingham 1,869 6 6,669 21 9,933 31 86 — Coventry 31 — 1,953 22 2,786 32 2 — Dudley 74 1 2,918 35 2,707 33 0 0 Sandwell 131 2 4,406 51 2,840 33 0 0 Solihull 1 — 1,879 36 1,949 38 0 0
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Pupils aged under five years of age1 2 in nursery and primary schools Position as January 1995 (Provisional) Nursery schools Full-time Part-time Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Leicestershire 0 0 51 — Lincolnshire 61 — 470 3 Norfolk 3 — 401 2 North Yorkshire 1 — 372 2 Northamptonshire 0 0 616 4 Northumberland 36 — 92 1 Nottinghamshire 6 — 589 2 Oxfordshire 70 — 1,009 6 Shropshire 0 0 176 2 Somerset 0 0 0 0 Staffordshire 610 2 1,467 5 Suffolk 0 0 101 1 Surrey 90 — 338 1 Warwickshire 0 0 759 6 West Sussex 15 — 419 2 Wiltshire 0 0 0 0 England3 4 8,702 1 43,856 3
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Position as at January 1995 (provisional) Primary schools Nursery classes Infant classes Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Walsall 61 1 3,496 47 2,464 33 1 — Wolverhampton 1 — 3,049 42 2,262 31 0 0 Knowsley 0 0 3,003 62 1,673 34 6 — Liverpool 708 5 4,990 36 4,483 33 0 0 St. Helens 0 0 1,605 33 1,574 33 0 0 Sefton 0 0 2,440 32 2,506 33 1 — Wirral 0 0 1,954 22 2,932 33 1 — Bolton 369 5 2,325 30 2,617 33 1 — Bury 176 3 1,203 24 1,595 31 0 0 Manchester 4,283 31 2,756 20 2,423 17 6 — Oldham 957 14 1,501 22 2,235 33 1 — Rochdale 94 1 1,139 17 2,112 32 0 0 Salford 1,662 25 794 12 2,264 34 0 0 Stockport 1 — 1,145 15 2,482 32 1 — Tameside 7 — 2,280 35 2,133 33 2 — Trafford 2 — 2,524 43 1,919 32 0 0 Wigan 0 0 1,986 23 2,700 31 32 — Barnsley 0 0 2,812 45 1,090 18 11 — Doncaster 55 1 3,612 44 2,817 34 0 0 Rotherham 121 2 2,803 39 1,160 16 0 0 Sheffield 236 2 4,613 34 2,096 15 342 2 Bradford 176 1 5,789 39 3,933 26 202 1 Calderdale 264 5 1,682 31 1,866 34 0 0 Kirklees 1 — 3,889 35 3,509 32 0 0 Leeds 109 1 9,061 46 5,695 29 35 — Wakefield 14 — 4,349 49 1,678 19 92 1 Gateshead 10 — 1,791 35 1,623 32 30 1 Newcastle upon Tyne 768 10 1,527 20 2,263 30 26 — North Tyneside 45 1 2,423 50 1,681 35 1 — South Tyneside 4 — 1,777 42 1,336 32 52 1 Sunderland 4 — 2,401 29 2,611 31 0 0 Avon 252 1 3,182 13 7,924 32 6 — Bedfordshire 436 3 3,308 20 2,331 14 587 4 Berkshire 198 1 4,459 21 695 3 82 — Buckinghamshire 0 0 2,469 13 1,064 6 2.036 11 Cambridge 11 — 1,486 8 5,812 31 30 — Cheshire 10 — 4,604 18 8,320 32 3 — Cleveland 4 — 9,364 59 5,236 33 5 — Cornwall3 4 — 1,551 14 1,990 18 1,627 14 Cumbria 0 0 2,224 18 4,058 33 8 — Derbyshire 274 1 7,858 31 4,381 17 1,387 5 Devon 112 — 2,585 10 4,125 16 115 — Dorset 0 0 841 5 1,170 8 3,830 25 Durham 1 — 4,644 29 5,110 32 2 — East Sussex 1 — 1,366 8 2,480 15 2,706 16 Essex 108 — 2,278 6 7,424 18 1,270 3 Gloucestershire 0 0 27 — 4,592 32 24 — Hampshire 0 0 1,638 4 10,653 25 2.992 7 Hereford and Worcester 130 1 1,552 9 2,908 16 45 — Hertfordshire 11 — 7,769 28 4,761 17 613 2 Humberside 696 3 7,384 30 5,380 12 20 — Isle of Wight 1 — 174 6 922 34 0 0 Kent 0 0 2,125 5 10,429 25 3,080 8 Lancashire 0 0 4,466 11 12,865 33 2 — Leicestershire 1,607 6 3,612 14 4,241 17 521 2 Lincolnshire 40 — 1,496 10 4,905 33 7 — Norfolk 0 0 857 5 3,812 21 1,834 10 North Yorkshire 112 1 3,400 19 5,103 29 259 1 Northamptonshire 27 — 2,402 14 5,473 32 5 — Northumberland 7 — 2,916 40 2,492 34 6 — Nottinghamshire 263 1 12,906 47 1,946 7 153 1 Oxfordshire 64 — 2,084 12 906 5 411 2 Shropshire 0 0 1,844 17 1,803 16 324 3
Position as at January 1995 (provisional) Primary schools Nursery classes Infant classes Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Somerset 3 — 584 5 3.895 33 6 — Staffordshire 1,444 5 3,532 13 9,021 32 47 — Suffolk 1 — 2,976 17 2,503 14 88 — Surrey 9 — 2,626 10 4,574 17 2,504 9 Warwickshire 2 — 1,423 11 4,225 33 3 — West Sussex 0 0 811 5 2,960 17 51 — Wiltshire 3 — 574 4 3,276 20 112 1 England3 4 27,514 2 275,948 21 313,781 24 30,043 2 1 Excludes pupils who became five years of age by 1 January. 2 The number of pupils under five years is expressed as a percentage of the estimated population aged three and four at 31 December. 3 Includes Isles of Scilly. 4 Includes Corporation of London. —Less than 0.05.
§ Ms HodgeTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what estimate she has made of the levels of public expenditure on education for children under school age in(a) Denmark, (b) France and (c) the United Kingdom, (i) in total, (ii) per child under school age, (iii) as a percentage of the national gross domestic product and (iv) as a percentage of total public spending in each country. [6522]
§ Mr. SquireInternational comparisons of expenditure on early childhood education are difficult to make because of the need to ensure consistent definitions across countries. Compulsory schooling begins in the UK one year earlier than in France and two years earlier than in
Public expenditure1 on early childhood education, 1992 Total public expenditure on early childhood education in publicly funded schools (£ million) Public expenditure per FTE2 pupil in early childhood education in publicly funded schools (£ per pupil)3 Public expenditure on early childhood education as a percentage of GDP Public expenditure on early childhood education as a percentage of total public expenditure Denmark4 399 2,790 0.7 1.2 France 3,900 1,530 0.6 1.1 United Kingdom5 484 2,040 0.1 0.2 Source:
DfEE estimates based on data supplied to OECD by individual countries for the publication "Education at a Glance". OECD April 1995.
Notes:
1 Recurrent and capital expenditure, but excluding loan charges.
2 Each part-time pupil is counted as 0.5 full-time equivalents.
3 Rounded to the nearest £10.
4 From 1992, includes expenditure on all pupils aged three to five. Prior to 1992. such pupils were excluded.
5 From 1992, for international comparison purposes only, the UK has regarded early childhood education as covering only pupils in maintained nursery schools and nursery classes in maintained primary schools. Prior to 1992, all pupils below compulsory school age were included in this category.