§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many places were provided for three-year-olds in each local education authority in(a) 1999–2000 and (b) 2000–01 (i) in LEA-funded settings, (ii) in Government-funded settings and (iii) in other settings; and how many were taken up in each category. [12242]
§ Mr. Timms[holding answer 2 November 2001]: The available information on the numbers of three-year-olds in free early years education places in each local education authority area is shown in the following table. The table shows the numbers of three-year-olds taking up: 1. Local education authority funded places; 2. Places funded directly by Government in the private, voluntary and independent sectors including places in settings run by the local authority rather than the local education authority, e.g. social services.
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Number of three-year-olds taking up free early years education places, England, Government Office regions and each local education authority area 2000–01—Position in January each year 2000 2001 LEA name Maintained1 Private, voluntary and independent providers and other LA provisions2 All Maintained1 Private, voluntary and independent providers and other LA provision2 All East Riding of Yorkshire 1,033 0 1,033 1,024 138 1,162 Kingston-upon-Hull, City of3 2,111 460 2,571 2,036 517 2,553 Kirklees3 2,618 407 3,025 2,489 1,488 3,977 Leeds3 5,874 1,779 7,653 5,642 1,786 7,428 North East Lincolnshire3 998 521 1,519 933 554 1,487 North Lincolnshire 585 0 585 637 536 1,173 North Yorkshire 1,796 0 1,796 1,705 3,218 4,923 Rotherham3 1,447 724 2,171 1,364 875 2,239 Sheffield3 2,932 1,815 4,747 3,372 2,030 5,402 Wakefield3 2,684 358 3,042 2,592 611 3,203 York3 788 0 788 701 916 1,617 East Midlands 19,896 1,621 21,517 19,103 8,321 27,424 Derby 1,934 0 1,934 1,845 859 2,704 Derbyshire 4,243 0 4,243 4,016 3,099 7,115 Leicester3 2,335 964 3,299 2,146 1,112 3,258 Leicestershire 87 0 87 129 639 768 Lincolnshire 1,785 0 1,785 1,749 41 1,790 Northamptonshire 2,299 0 2,299 2,294 835 3,129 Nottingham3 2,653 657 3,310 2,509 700 3,209 Nottinghamshire 4,461 0 4,461 4,328 1,008 5,336 Rutland 99 0 99 87 30 117 West Midlands 30,935 5,188 36,123 30,441 9,450 39,891 Birmingham3 7,294 3,275 10,569 7,200 3,844 11,044 Coventry3 1,976 957 2,933 1,984 1,031 3,015 Dudley 2,227 0 2,227 2,336 738 3,074 Herefordshire 340 0 340 336 115 451 Sandwell3 3,217 21 3,238 3,059 100 3,159 Shropshire 424 0 424 499 309 808 Solihull 1,542 0 1,542 1,499 59 1,558 Staffordshire 2,561 0 2,561 2,554 443 2,997 Stoke-on-Trent3 2,032 285 2,317 1,842 367 2,209 Telford and Wrekin3 541 464 1,005 651 596 1,247 Walsall3 2,928 70 2,998 2,838 151 2,989 Warwickshire 1,603 0 1,603 1,473 813 2,286 Wolverhampton3 2,720 115 2,835 2,584 134 2,718 Worcestershire 1,530 0 1,530 1,586 751 2,337 East of England 14,865 0 14,865 15,740 4,352 20,092 Bedfordshire 1,211 0 1,211 1,202 218 1,420 Cambridgeshire 1,091 0 1,091 1,154 867 2,021 Essex 1,961 0 1,961 1,9292 221 2,213 Hertfordshire 5,890 0 5,890 6,406 257 6,663 Luton 954 0 954 975 996 1,971 Norfolk 1,885 0 1,885 1,932 126 2,058 Peterborough 316 0 316 288 593 881 Southend-on-Sea 453 0 453 446 440 886 Suffolk 633 0 633 857 477 1,334 Thurrock 471 0 471 488 157 645 London 46,466 12,138 58,604 46,679 20,825 67,504 Inner London 21,773 8,567 30,340 21,508 10,078 31,586 Camden3 916 769 1,685 915 718 1,633 City of London 10 0 10 12 1 13 Hackney3 1,608 951 2,559 12 968 2,488 Hammersmith and Fulham3 1,102 371 1,473 1,025 586 1,6113 Haringey3 1,980 396 2,376 1,932 486 2,418 Islington3 1,247 780 2,027 1,252 812 2,064 Kensington and Chelsea 591 0 591 612 277 889 Lambeth3 1,957 1,102 3,059 1,955 1,163 3,118 Lewisham3 1,869 816 2,685 1,892 968 2,860 Newham3 3,462 448 3,910 3,306 551 3,857 Southwark3 2,214 745 2,959 2,242 1,150 3,392 Tower Hamlets3 2,347 315 2,662 2,358 281 2,639 Wandsworth3 1,661 1,293 2,954 1,629 1,349 2,978 Westminster3 809 579 1,388 858 768 1,626
Number of three-year-olds taking up free early years education places, England, Government Office regions and each local education authority area 2000–01—Position in January each year 2000 2001 LEA name Maintained1 Private, voluntary and independent providers and other LA provisions2 All Maintained1 Private, voluntary and independent providers and other LA provision2 All Outer London 24,693 3,571 28,264 25,171 10,747 35,918 Barking and Dagenham3 1,393 294 1,687 1,418 326 1,744 Barnet 2,010 0 2,010 1,995 389 2,384 Bexley 1,385 0 1,385 1,314 911 2,225 Brent3 1,684 754 2,438 1,684 875 2,559 Bromley 242 0 242 247 428 675 Croydon 1,826 0 1,826 1,894 623 2,517 Ealing3 2,587 555 3,142 2,604 527 3,131 Enfield 1,30 0 1,230 1,236 1,034 2,270 Greenwich3 1,894 715 2,609 1,80 765 2,565 Harrow 620 0 620 615 350 965 Havering 550 0 550 603 1,210 1,813 Hillingdon 1,360 0 1,360 1,813 119 1,932 Hounslow3 1,523 479 2,002 1,564 550 2,114 Kingston upon Thames 940 0 940 911 172 1,083 Merton 1,665 0 1,665 1,707 117 1,824 Redbridge 1,604 0 1,604 1,587 852 2,439 Richmond upon Thames 585 0 585 546 40 586 Sutton 245 0 245 266 360 626 Waltham Forest3 1,350 773 2,123 1,367 1,098 2,465 South East 12,585 736 13,321 12,705 14,254 26,959 Bracknell Forest 111 0 111 147 735 882 Brighton and Hove3 772 712 1,484 732 1,032 1,764 Buckinghamshire 686 0 686 790 404 1,194 East Sussex 570 0 570 588 1,113 1,701 Hampshire 601 0 601 589 1,748 2,337 Isle of Wight3 134 23 157 131 471 602 Kent 1,412 0 1,412 1,494 818 2,312 Medway 421 0 421 412 2,119 2,531 Milton Keynes 368 0 368 379 197 576 Oxfordshire 995 0 995 1,024 213 1,237 Portsmouth 435 0 435 441 880 1,321 Reading 738 0 738 716 202 918 Slough 932 0 932 976 31 1,007 Southampton 435 0 435 334 1,346 1,680 Surrey 2,429 0 2,429 2,426 2,145 4,571 West Berkshire 261 0 261 273 99 372 West Sussex 838 0 838 816 441 1,257 Windsor and Maidenhead 306 0 306 306 226 532 Wokingham 141 0 141 131 32 163 South West 8,923 2,023 10,946 8,725 12,375 21,100 Bath and North East Somerset 303 0 303 288 195 482 Bournemouth 267 0 267 282 914 1,196 Bristol, City of 2,802 0 2,802 2,653 1,169 3,822 Cornwall and Isle of Scilly3 1,057 1,666 2,723 987 2,089 3,076 Devon 1,197 0 1,197 1,200 630 1,830 Dorset 246 0 246 215 288 503 Gloucestershire 74 0 74 97 3,385 3,482 North somerset 195 0 195 200 98 200 Plymouth3 776 358 1,134 744 1,508 2,252 Poole 78 0 78 92 742 834 Somerset 474 0 474 503 217 720 South Gloucestershire 331 0 331 341 145 486 Swindon 414 0 414 412 172 584 Torbay 394 0 394 391 505 896 Wiltshire 315 0 315 320 319 639 1Headcount of children aged three at 31 December in the previous calendar year from Annual Schools' Census. 2Part-time equivalent number of children aged three at private, voluntary, independent and local authority settings. 3This LEA received Nursery Education Grant funding for three-year-olds in 1999–2000, there were 65 such LEAs.