§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) how many children under the age of five years have(a) full-time and (b) part-time places in (i) nursery classes in schools, (ii) nursery schools and (iii) reception classes in schools, by local education authority; and if he will make a statement; [7296]
(2) what percentage of children under the age of five years currently have (a) full-time and (b) part-time places in (i) nursery classes in schools, (ii) nursery schools and (iii) reception classes in schools, by local education authority; and if he will make a statement. [7297]
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe information requested is shown in the following table.
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Number and percentage of children under five years of age in maintained nursery and primary schools in England January 1996 Number of pupils Nursery schools Primary schools Nursery classes Other classes Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Birmingham 755 1,663 1,883 6,916 9,987 42 Coventry 6 132 39 1,908 2,815 2 Dudley 12 62 104 3,092 2,672 4 Sandwell 71 57 87 4,341 2,845 67 Solihull 0 0 0 1,872 1,989 1 Walsall 43 791 49 3,505 2,395 1 Wolverhampton 1 759 3 3,149 2,224 0 Knowsley 0 0 2 2,955 1,659 14 Liverpool 210 329 946 4,675 4,201 11 St. Helens 0 165 0 1,455 1,599 1 Sefton 0 318 9 2,555 2,531 1 Wirral 20 275 2 1,954 2,910 26 Bolton 28 475 363 2,306 2,500 3 Bury 52 108 219 1,246 1,636 0 Manchester 419 125 4,225 2,538 2,429 3 Oldham 0 0 957 1,495 2,168 0 Rochdale 35 899 142 1,167 2,046 2 Salford 517 592 1,853 701 2,037 15 Stockport 135 741 0 1,312 2,501 4 Tameside 0 236 5 2,355 2,143 0 Trafford 0 0 16 2,624 1,828 0 Wigan 24 157 0 1,986 2,776 2 Barnsley 0 180 0 2,777 1,074 50 Doncaster 0 0 62 3,592 2,756 0 Rotherham 0 397 90 2,860 1,199 1 Sheffield 111 745 237 4,636 2,150 381 Bradford 197 326 153 5,874 4,107 156 Calderdale 0 0 248 1,697 1,780 0 Kirklees 0 558 0 3,917 3,461 11 Leeds 0 53 95 8,832 5,749 22 Wakefield 0 478 16 4,319 1,703 115 Gateshead 4 66 8 1,848 1,686 0 Newcastle upon Tyne 581 37 734 1,447 2,247 3 North Tyneside 53 190 43 2,385 1,671 0 South Tyneside 18 417 0 1,791 1,373 0 Sunderland 75 938 38 2,627 2,628 0 Avon 681 1,165 239 3,182 7,777 5 Bedfordshire 259 1,213 339 3,443 2,043 929 Berkshire 128 2,032 196 4,631 803 119 Buckinghamshire 0 561 37 2,744 1,142 1,880 Cambridgeshire 24 697 4 1,529 5,838 16 Cheshire 31 819 13 4,706 8,518 33 Cleveland 0 145 7 9,865 5,312 12 Cornwall1 19 98 0 1,572 1,905 1,679 Cumbria 0 833 1 2,636 4,116 4 Derbyshire 134 1,434 190 8,057 4,617 1,354 Devon 54 253 108 2,738 3,982 84 Dorset 0 0 0 800 1,222 3,653 Durham 0 2,496 0 4,829 5,234 1 East Sussex 1 178 0 1,784 2,559 2,688 Essex 0 297 56 3,036 7,751 1,649 Gloucestershire 0 0 0 22 4,370 18 Hampshire 6 380 2 1,633 10,622 2,689 Hereford and Worcester 0 0 76 2,103 2,846 31 Hertfordshire 33 1,727 20 8,120 4,901 580 Humberside 218 928 740 7,483 5,727 42 Isle of Wight 0 0 0 170 960 0 Kent 0 85 0 2,382 10,421 2,839 Lancashire 5 3,599 28 4,531 12,614 3 Leicestershire 0 50 1,535 3,505 4,793 131 Lincolnshire 52 488 40 1,769 4,854 26 Norfolk 2 412 0 995 3,885 1,606 North Yorkshire 2 356 95 3,475 5,007 191 Northamptonshire 0 731 31 2,570 5,474 17 Northumberland 36 86 2 2,988 2,492 4 Nottinghamshire 2 573 238 13,312 1,952 200 Oxfordshire 60 1,012 85 2,220 849 382 Shropshire 0 176 0 2,149 1,820 263
Number and percentage of children under five years of age in maintained nursery and primary schools in England January 1996 Number of pupils Nursery schools Primary schools Nursery classes Other classes Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Somerset 0 0 3 604 3,847 26 Staffordshire 554 1,429 1,589 3,764 9,018 57 Suffolk 0 100 3 3,203 2,584 22 Surrey 106 330 16 2,786 4,833 2,653 Warwickshire 0 756 0 1,352 4,176 2 West Sussex 17 443 0 821 2,914 27 Wiltshire 0 0 5 787 3,473 157 England1,2 8,645 43,532 28,405 283,689 314,633 29,589 1Includes Isles of Scilly. 2Includes Corporation of London. — Negligible (i.e. less than 0.05 per cent.). 676W677W
January 1996 Percentage of population Nursery schools Primary schools Nursery classes Other classes Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Camden 1.0 0.8 12.5 10.4 23.2 0.0 Greenwich 5.2 5.0 6.9 33.2 16.4 0.2 Hackney 0.9 1.3 11.6 19.6 23.6 0.2 Hammersmith and Fulham 8.1 5.8 15.7 14.1 14.1 — Islington 3.1 3.1 19.0 11.7 28.4 0.0 Kensington and Chelsea 5.6 2.4 13.8 5.5 11.8 0.0 Lambeth 2.4 3.3 7.0 18.4 13.0 0.5 Lewisham 1.4 1.8 5.6 28.5 14.4 0.8 Southwark 3.0 3.6 9.7 24.3 27.3 0.0 Tower Hamlets 7.6 4.4 30.1 18.4 26.2 0.3 Wandsworth 1.7 1.2 11.2 19.0 23.0 0.1 Westminster 1.1 3.8 11.8 14.9 13.4 0.4 Barking and Dagenham 0.0 0.0 0.1 46.1 33.9 0.0 Barnet 0.3 6.8 — 23.8 24.8 1.3 Bexley 0.0 0.0 0.1 24.9 33.0 0.1 Brent 3.1 — 10.8 22.6 29.0 — Bromley 0.0 0.0 0.1 2.5 33.4 — Croydon 0.0 5.4 0.0 17.7 30.7 0.3 Ealing 0.2 5.5 0.0 40.4 29.7 0.0 Enfield 0.0 0.0 0.0 21.6 30.5 0.5 Haringey 2.6 0.6 8.1 33.2 30.0 0.6 Harrow 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.5 28.9 0.0 Havering 0.0 0.0 0.3 10.1 36.3 0.0 Hillingdon 0.0 1.8 - 47.9 0.7 1.5 Hounslow 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.5 27.9 — Kingston upon Thames 1.7 4.4 0.2 32.5 14.7 16.6 Merton 0.0 0.0 0.0 54.0 15.2 4.9 Newham 1.1 10.2 0.9 40.2 14.7 — Redbridge 0.0 0.0 0.4 21.7 20.4 2.9 Richmond upon Thames 0.1 1.7 0.0 19.7 2.3 26.6 Sutton 0.0 5.0 0.2 35.2 1.4 0.1 Waltham Forest 0.5 4.0 1.4 33.6 14.5 0.2 Birmingham 2.4 5.2 5.9 21.6 31.2 0.1 Coventry 0.1 1.5 0.5 22.4 33.0 — Dudley 0.1 0.7 1.3 37.2 32.2 — Sandwell 0.8 0.7 1.0 50.3 33.0 0.8 Solihull 0.0 0.0 0.0 37.4 39.7 — Walsall 0.6 10.5 0.7 46.7 31.9 — Wolverhampton — 10.5 — 43.7 30.8 0.0 Knowsley 0.0 0.0 — 62.9 35.3 0.3 Liverpool 1.6 2.5 7.1 35.0 31.5 0.1 St. Helens 0.0 3.4 0.0 30.0 33.0 — Sefton 0.0 4.4 0.1 35.6 35.2 — Wirral 0.2 3.2 — 22.7 33.9 0.3 Bolton 0.4 6.2 4.8 30.3 32.9 — Bury 1.0 2.1 4.3 24.7 32.5 0.0 Manchester 3.1 0.9 30.8 18.5 17.7 — Oldham 0.0 0.0 14.3 22.4 32.5 0.0
January 1996 Percentage of population Nursery schools Primary schools Nursery classes Other classes Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Rochdale 0.5 13.9 2.2 18.1 31.7 — Salford 7.8 8.9 28.0 10.6 30.8 0.2 Stockport 1.8 9.8 0.0 17.4 33.2 0.1 Tameside 0.0 3.6 0.1 36.1 32.8 0.0 Trafford 0.0 0.0 0.3 45.1 31.4 0.0 Wigan 0.3 1.8 0.0 22.9 32.0 — Barnsley 0.0 2.9 0.0 44.4 17.2 0.8 Doncaster 0.0 0.0 0.8 43.7 33.5 0.0 Rotherham 0.0 5.6 1.3 40.0 16.8 — Sheffield 0.8 5.5 1.7 34.2 15.9 2.8 Bradford 1.3 2.2 1.0 39.3 27.5 1.0 Calderdale 0.0 0.0 4.5 30.8 32.3 0.0 Kirklees 0.0 5.1 0.0 35.7 31.5 0.1 Leeds 0.0 0.3 0.5 45.6 29.7 0.1 Wakefield 0.0 5.4 0.2 48.7 19.2 1.3 Gateshead 0.1 1.3 0.2 35.9 32.7 0.0 Newcastle upon Tyne 7.9 0.5 10.0 19.7 30.7 — North Tyneside 1.1 3.9 0.9 48.9 34.3 0.0 South Tyneside 0.4 10.2 0.0 44.0 33.7 0.0 Sunderland 0.9 11.3 0.5 31.8 31.8 0.0 Avon 2.7 4.7 1.0 12.8 31.3 — Bedfordshire 1.6 7.4 2.1 21.1 12.5 5.7 Berkshire 0.6 9.4 0.9 21.5 3.7 0.6 Buckinghamshire 0.0 3.0 0.2 14.5 6.0 9.9 Cambridgeshire 0.1 3.7 — 8.1 31.1 0.1 Cheshire 0.1 3.2 0.1 18.2 32.9 0.1 Cleveland 0.0 0.9 — 62.3 33.6 0.1 Cornwall1 0.2 0.9 0.0 14.3 17.3 15.2 Cumbria 0.0 6.7 — 21.4 33.3 — Derbyshire 0.5 5.7 0.8 32.0 18.3 5.4 Devon 0.2 1.0 0.4 11.1 16.1 0.3 Dorset 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.3 8.2 24.4 Durham 0.0 15.9 0.0 30.8 33.4 — East Sussex — 1.1 0.0 10.7 15.4 16.1 Essex 0.0 0.7 0.1 7.4 18.9 4.0 Gloucestershire 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 31.3 0.1 Hampshire — 0.9 — 4.0 25.7 6.5 Hereford and Worcester 0.0 0.0 0.4 11.8 16.0 0.2 Hertfordshire 0.1 6.3 0.1 29.5 17.8 2.1 Humberside 0.9 3.9 3.1 31.4 24.0 0.2 Isle of Wight 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.4 30.0 0.0 Kent 0.0 0.2 0.0 5.9 25.7 7.0 Lancashire — 9.4 0.1 11.8 33.0 — Leicestershire 0.0 0.2 6.1 14.0 19.1 0.5 Lincolnshire 0.4 3.4 0.3 12.2 33.5 0.2 Norfolk — 2.2 0.0 5.4 21.1 8.7 North Yorkshire — 2.0 0.5 19.9 28.7 1.1 Northamptonshire 0.0 4.3 0.2 15.1 32.1 0.1 Northumberland 0.5 1.2 — 41.0 34.2 0.1 Nottinghamshire — 2.1 0.9 48.5 7.1 0.7 Oxfordshire 0.4 6.0 0.5 13.2 5.1 2.3 Shropshire 0.0 1.6 0.0 19.8 16.8 2.4 Somerset 0.0 0.0 — 5.2 32.9 0.2 Staffordshire 2.0 5.2 5.8 13.8 33.0 0.2 Suffolk 0.0 0.6 — 18.4 14.8 0.1 Surrey 0.4 1.3 0.1 10.6 18.4 10.1 Warwickshire 0.0 6.2 0.0 11.0 34.1 — West Sussex 0.1 2.6 0.0 4.8 17.1 0.2 Wiltshire 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.0 22.0 1.0 England1,2 0.7 3.3 2.2 21.7 24.1 2.3 1Includes Isles of Scilly. 2Includes Corporation of London. — Negligible (i.e. less than 0.05 per cent.)