§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many places are provided by private sector providers in each local education authority as part of their agreed Early Years Childcare and Education Development Partnerships to provide all four-year-olds with an early years education place. [119196]
§ Ms Hodge[holding answer 14 April 2000]The following table shows the overall numbers of places for four-year-olds in the private, voluntary and independent sectors by local education authority area from autumn 1998 to spring 2000. Figures are not collected separately on private sector places.
The figures show variations between the school terms reflecting the differing admission arrangements to maintained schools operating in each local education authority area.
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The number of free places provided for four-year-olds in the private, voluntary and independent sectors, by term, from autumn 1998 to spring 2000 (by LEA area) LEA number LEA name Autumn 1998 Spring 1999 Summer 1999 Autumn 1999 Spring 2000 314 Kingston Upon Thames 106 206 249 137 262 315 Merton 183 217 232 205 242 316 Newham 54 33 46 77 64 317 Redbridge 503 496 593 444 463 318 Richmond Upon Thames 348 520 693 386 564 319 Sutton 283 389 322 244 375 320 Waltham Forest 157 164 183 201 208 330 Birmingham 409 910 1,259 423 1.005 331 Coventry 109 359 514 98 361 332 Dudley 277 252 419 341 258 333 Sandwell 3 45 70 9 52 334 Solihull 77 144 193 90 147 335 Walsall 43 62 72 55 39 336 Wolverhampton 81 92 130 126 103 340 Knowsley 1 19 42 0 31 341 Liverpool 194 397 600 164 436 342 St. Helens 49 162 215 57 149 343 Sefton 169 335 481 155 295 344 Wirral 133 565 850 227 650 350 Bolton 68 239 347 77 250 351 Bury 98 319 457 98 287 352 Manchester 147 177 200 120 157 353 Oldham 59 195 285 72 255 354 Rochdale 38 165 259 26 203 355 Salford 202 255 270 199 226 356 Stockport 233 460 618 257 433 357 Tameside 10 104 173 22 153 358 Trafford 226 235 417 211 367 359 Wigan 14 294 539 5 322 370 Barnsley 87 117 124 123 181 371 Doncaster 54 89 111 61 104 372 Rotherham 168 185 161 170 212 373 Sheffield 644 707 852 750 786 380 Bradford 95 285 424 87 324 381 Calderdale 66 175 248 58 174 382 Kirklees 139 269 445 178 323 383 Leeds 300 527 701 306 520 384 Wakefield 192 216 245 194 229 390 Gateshead 78 169 240 52 206 391 Newcastle Upon Tyne 209 278 334 197 236 392 North Tyneside 42 48 61 31 63 393 South Tyneside 0 15 23 0 10 394 Sunderland 58 96 131 53 103 420 Isles of Scilly 11 6 10 0 4 800 Bath and North East Somerset 114 487 758 158 455 8O1 Bristol, City of 205 522 736 220 548 802 North Somerset 97 553 868 62 507 803 South Gloucestershire 69 687 1,171 67 686 805 Hartlepool 10 15 24 14 0 806 Middlesbrough 14 16 37 25 54 807 Redcar and Cleveland 6 11 15 3 6 808 Stockton on Tees 87 61 69 85 78 810 Kingston Upon Hull 67 190 256 56 207 811 East Riding of Yorks 308 652 900 332 691 812 North East Lincolnshire 48 173 299 48 172 813 North Lincolnshire 45 145 240 38 38 815 North Yorkshire 438 1,131 1,772 418 1,109 816 York, City of 224 293 428 215 338 820 Bedfordshire 472 774 951 518 792 821 Luton 146 182 209 125 206 825 Buckinghamshire 1,300 1,521 1,759 1,277 1,583 826 Milton Keynes 538 606 582 579 616 830 Derbyshire 980 1,043 1,564 988 1,095 831 Derby, City of 273 277 401 295 269 835 Dorset 283 1,155 1,817 255 1,189 836 Poole 92 400 612 67 397 837 Bournemouth 147 432 662 146 444 840 Durham 50 210 320 48 233 841 Darlington 108 98 145 95 105 845 East Sussex 352 1,452 2,292 402 1,448 846 Brighton and Hove 262 609 884 261 675 850 Hampshire 940 4,222 6,719 919 4,305
The number of free places provided for four-year-olds in the private, voluntary and independent sectors, by term, from autumn 1998 to spring 2000 (by LEA area) LEA number LEA name Autumn 1998 Spring 1999 Summer 1999 Autumn 1999 Spring 2000 851 Portsmouth 130 500 802 92 508 852 Southampton 83 500 819 86 514 855 Leicestershire 1,597 2,233 2,562 1,815 2,452 856 Leicester, City of 211 284 324 223 337 857 Rutland 28 94 152 20 83 860 Staffordshire 243 554 805 237 551 861 Stoke on Trent 31 69 81 45 79 865 Wiltshire 872 1,720 2,642 965 1,631 866 Swindon 166 569 933 120 497 867 Bracknell Forest 505 506 480 523 556 868 Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead 630 637 769 711 748 869 West Berkshire 431 480 481 449 439 870 Reading 404 460 450 505 470 871 Slough 173 183 183 158 152 872 Wokingham 853 877 797 854 880 873 Cambridgeshire 170 1,384 2,205 219 1,403 874 Peterborough 28 562 886 19 497 875 Cheshire 452 1,825 2,722 381 1,695 876 Halton 5 204 348 2 211 877 Warrington 14 296 597 4 342 878 Devon 2,632 1,959 2,930 2,726 2,033 879 Plymouth 1,122 679 1,094 992 580 880 Torbay 333 242 399 379 244 881 Essex 4,198 4,742 5,793 4,104 4,720 882 Southend-on-Sea 516 519 692 354 524 883 Thurrock 239 198 337 224 267 884 Herefordshire 332 430 641 266 457 885 Worcestershire 743 1,618 2,244 743 1,447 886 Kent 3,595 4,613 7,290 3,282 4,600 887 Medway Towns (R&G) 450 801 1,323 1,109 790 888 Lancashire 321 2,202 3,562 305 2,333 889 Blackburn with Darwen 50 214 253 54 179 890 Blackpool 66 369 546 75 387 891 Nottinghamshire 1,211 1,268 1,226 1,212 1,317 892 Nottingham, City of 364 382 355 380 All 893 Shropshire 1,165 1,171 1,007 1,137 1,169 894 Telford and Wrekin 445 432 393 446 472 908 Cornwall 306 773 1,137 310 825 909 Cumbria 105 468 732 88 573 916 Gloucestershire 393 1,846 3,019 406 1,950 919 Hertfordshire 1,487 1,662 1,724 1,517 1,619 921 Isle of Wight 45 446 707 50 466 925 Lincolnshire 252 1,137 1,725 239 1,117 926 Norfolk 1,445 1,725 2,758 1,474 1,693 928 Northamptonshire 259 1,409 2,207 290 1,367 929 Northumberland 36 172 258 30 160 931 Oxfordshire 2,493 2,534 2,351 2,388 2,605 933 Somerset 211 1,440 2,487 250 1,565 935 Suffolk 1,031 1,483 1,754 1,034 1,400 936 Surrey 2,195 4,080 5,515 2,185 4,064 937 Warwickshire 387 1,442 2,103 395 1,366 938 West Sussex 1,371 2,630 3,770 1,349 2,615 Total 59,708 97,503 134,926 60,430 99,290