Pre-school Provision (London) (Hansard, 14 March 2001)

§ Ms Hodge

[holding answer 8 March 2001]: The available information requested is shown in the tables. This includes information on day nurseries and playgroups for March 1996 and March 2000 and needs to be seen in the context of a national rise in playgroup places. In addition, for your information I have provided a table on the provision of education in maintained nursery and primary schools in England in January 2000.

The responsibility for day care provision transferred from the Department of Health to the Department for Education and Employment in March 1998.

Number of providers of day nurseries, playgroups and pre-schools and number of places
	Day nurseries	Playgroups and pre-schools
	Provide	Places	Provide	Places
March 1996
London	961	27,793	1,616	39,137
Inner London	519	13,912	428	9,740
City of London	3	71	2	57
Camden	59	1,558	35	623
Hackney	60	1,853	42	956
Hammersmith and Fulham	35	¹—	¹—	¹—
Haringey	39	1,023	37	967
Islington	60	1,828	35	845
Kensington and Chelsea	19	754	16	316
Lambeth	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Lewisham	61	1,484	39	811
Newham	25	750	31	549
Southwark	64	1,730	51	1,203
Tower Hamlets	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Wandsworth	55	1,761	103	2,599
Westminster	39	1,100	37	814
Outer London	442	13,881	1,188	29,397
Barking and Dagenham	9	337	33	884
Barnet	6	1,041	69	1,907
Bexley	10	341	64	1,897
Brent	66	1,929	36	942
Bromley	¹—	¹—	130	4,495
Croydon	34	996	99	2890
Ealing	38	1,318	44	1,050
Enfield	26	749	88	2,761
Greenwich	26	806	45	1,016
Harrow	5	155	71	¹—
Havering	13	460	91	2,333
Hillingdon	36	1,285	71	¹—
Hounslow	30	829	46	1,116
Kingston-upon-Thames	24	621	46	1,044
Merton	19	567	33	860
Redbridge	32	¹—	65	2,200
Richmond-upon-Thames	23	812	70	1,796
Sutton	19	782	51	1,230
Waltham Forest	26	853	36	976

	Day nurseries	Playgroups and pre-schools
	Provide	Places	Provide	Places
March 1997
London	899	27,650	1,600	41,534
Inner London	501	15,052	429	9,899
City of London	3	78	2	57
Camden	46	1,396	37	669
Hackney	62	1,950	39	889
Hammersmith and Fulham	38	1,192	¹—	¹—
Haringey	34	775	37	972
Islington	62	1,868	35	892
Kensington and Chelsea	35	926	17	304
Lambeth	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—

611W

	Day nurseries	Playgroups and pre-schools
	Provide	Places	Provide	Places
Lewisham	55	1,436	40	881
Newham	24	798	29	628
Southwark	48	1,650	51	1,111
Tower Hamlets	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Wandsworth	57	1,894	103	2,599
Westminster	37	1,089	39	897
Outer London	398	12,598	1,171	31,635
Barking and Dagenham	10	355	32	856
Barnet	15	566	66	1,988
Bexley	12	448	62	1,763
Brent	62	1,786	38	1,022
Bromley	¹—	¹—	133	4,556
Croydon	36	1,088	95	2,733
Ealing	40	1,309	42	991
Enfield	32	850	89	1,935
Greenwich	27	895	47	1,052
Harrow	5	155	67	1,728
Havering	16	572	90	2,313
Hillingdon	5	151	68	1,579
Hounslow	32	876	46	1,110
Kingston-upon-Thames	27	715	46	1,021
Merton	20	585	31	805
Redbridge	4	106	61	2,186
Richmond-upon-Thames	28	1,016	67	1,680
Sutton	22	845	53	1,277
Waltham Forest	5	280	38	1,040

	Day nurseries	Playgroups and pre-schools
	Provide	Places	Provide	Places
March 1998
London	856	24,271	1,011	22,185
Inner London	540	13,145	273	5,826
City of London	3	90	2	57
Camden	54	1,495	32	596
Hackney	130	4,161	¹—	¹—
Hammersmith and Fulham	35	1,121	32	¹—
Haringey	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Islington	62	1939	32	873
Kensington and Chelsea	22	744	13	217
Lambeth	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Lewisham	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Newham	24	750	29	656
Southwark	50	¹—	¹—	¹—
Tower Hamlets	35	646	27	435
Wandsworth	86	1,859	62	2,055
Westminster	38	340	44	937
Outer London	316	11,126	738	16,359
Barking and Dagenham	¹—	¹—	30	754
Barnet	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Bexley	13	¹—	61	¹—
Brent	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Bromley	¹—	887	¹—	¹—
Croydon	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Ealing	42	1,401	43	1,012
Enfield	18	515	87	2,033
Greenwich	28	911	41	939
Harrow	7	246	66	1,775
Havering	12	1,296	106	2,529
Hillingdon	41	1,568	64	1,450
Hounslow	32	963	45	1,086
Kingston-upon-Thames	40	1,401	43	1,012
Merton	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Redbridge	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Richmond-upon-Thames	29	1,077	67	1,693
Sutton	22	861	49	1,190
Waltham Forest	32	¹—	36	886

612W

	Day nurseries	Playgroups and pre-schools
	Provide	Places	Provide	Places
March 1999
London	1,138	37,825	1,558	38,858
Inner London	600	18,845	480	10,054
City of London	3	81	3	44
Camden	52	1,407	40	698
Hackney	53	1,700	35	791
Hammersmith and Fulham	31	1,019	33	733
Haringey	30	837	32	624
Islington	48	1,624	40	862
Kensington and Chelsea	46	1,544	31	622
Lambeth	49	1,573	37	801
Lewisham	57	1,620	54	962
Newham	19	708	30	628
Southwark	50	1,567	48	1,024
Tower Hamlets	24	813	20	579
Wandsworth	76	2,493	63	1,424
Westminster	62	1,859	14	262
Outer London	538	18,980	1,078	28,804
Barking and Dagenham	12	431	30	739
Barnet	38	1,657	52	1,296
Bexley	13	537	57	1,549
Brent	58	1,849	33	802
Bromley	32	1,015	127	4,504
Croydon	39	1,159	85	2,492
Ealing	41	1,428	39	916
Enfield	18	536	86	2,089
Greenwich	25	763	39	905
Harrow	7	250	67	1,691
Havering	16	551	81	1,863
Hillingdon	44	1,797	61	1,441
Hounslow	28	844	42	965
Kingston-upon-Thames	20	699	48	1,086
Merton	28	842	30	774
Redbridge	29	1,004	56	2,007
Richmond-upon-Thames	29	1,112	65	1,669
Sutton	22	853	46	1,110
Waltham Forest	39	1,653	34	906

	Day nurseries	Playgroups and pre-schools
	Provide	Places	Provide	Places
March 2000
London	1,253	42,855	1,457	34,818
Inner London	650	20,409	430	8,834
City of London	3	81	2	44
Camden	58	1,744	24	423
Hackney	57	1,874	31	661
Hammersmith and Fulham	35	1,080	13	213
Haringey	36	1,127	46	985
Islington	55	1,512	33	724
Kensington and Chelsea	42	1,405	33	668
Lambeth	60	2,013	34	745
Lewisham	60	1,680	56	997
Newham	33	1,133	26	575
Southwark	68	1,885	43	915
Tower Hamlets	31	952	21	415
Wandsworth	83	2,926	52	1,205
Westminster	29	997	16	264
Outer London	603	22,446	1,027	25,984
Barking and Dagenham	13	436	27	697
Barnet	43	1,719	48	1,207
Bexley	13	521	54	1,439
Brent	71	2,195	19	569
Bromley	36	1,046	122	3,544
Croydon	43	1,430	77	2,301
Ealing	65	2,283	43	985
Enfield	28	953	83	1,248
Greenwich	25	1,098	49	1,027
Harrow	11	373	62	1,622
Havering	16	446	79	1,910

613W

	Day nurseries	Playgroups and pre-schools
	Provide	Places	Provide	Places
Hillingdon	40	2,982	57	1,327
Hounslow	29	876	40	869
Kingston-upon-Thames	19	657	48	1,096
Merton	29	949	30	773
Redbridge	31	1,048	49	1,794
Richmond-upon-Thames	28	1,125	64	1,678
Sutton	23	869	44	1,054
Waltham Forest	40	1,440	32	844
¹ Not provided by the Authority

Note:

National and regional totals, including estimates for missing data, can be found in the Statistical Volume "Statistics of Education—Children's Day Care Facilities" and the Statistics Bulletin on Children's Day Care Facilities, Issue No 08/00.

All pupils under five in nursery and primary schools, January 2000
		Percentage of population
	Number of puplis	Nursery schools and nursery classes	Nursery and plimary school
London	122,800	37	62
Inner London¹	50,900	40	65
Camden	2,270	28	49
Hackney	3,860	35	59
Hammersmith and Fulham	2,330	42	55
Haringey	4,800	44	73
Islington	3,180	38	67
Kensington and Chelsea	1,480	25	42
Lambeth	4,360	34	55
Lewisham	4,610	40	67
Newham	7,520	57	88
Southwark	5,290	44	74
Tower Hamlets	5,250	50	82
Wandsworth	3,920	32	54
Westminster	2,020	32	48
Outer London	71,800	35	61
Barking and Dagenham	3,610	45	78
Barnet	4,960	31	58
Bexley	3,980	38	72
Brent	4,480	34	61
Bromley	2,720	5	36
Croydon	5,570	30	61
Haling	6,080	45	73
Enfield	4,310	25	56
Greenwich	4,370	56	72
Harrow	2,680	20	48
Havering	2,650	16	51
Hillingdon	4,320	50	64
Hounslow	3,960	40	70
Kingston-upon-Thames	2,290	38	66
Merton	3,530	55	71
Redbridge	4,430	40	73
Richmond-upon-Thames	1,970	18	42
Sutton	1,940	41	43
Waltham Forest	4,010	46	60
¹ Includes City of London