HC Deb 26 February 1971 vol 812 cc270-3W
Mr. Whitlock

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) how many children are attending nursery classes in each county and county borough of England and Wales; and how these figures compare with a comparable period in 1965;

(2) how much per annum is spent by each county council and county borough on nursery education;

(3) how many nursery schools there are in each county and county borough.

Mr. van Straubenzee

The information requested on maintained nursery classes is not available. In January, 1970, there were 121,833 children under five years of age, excluding rising fives, in maintained primary and nursery schools in England. Information about maintained nursery schools in England is given in the table below.

Local Education Authority Number of pupils in Nursery Schools January, 1965 Nursery Schools January, 1970 Number of Nursery Schools January, 1970 Net expenditure on Nursery Schools 1969–70
Counties £
Shropshire 143 170 3 35,793
Somerset† 83 90 2 12,164
Staffordshire† 783 741 12 101,979
Suffolk, Eest
Suffolk, West
Surrey† 875 283 6 51,156
sussex, Eeat
Sussex, West 273 299 4 32,222
Warwickshire 361 432 8 57,759
Westmorland 59 65 1 13,997
Wiltshire
Worcestershire† 39 35 1 7,628
Yorkshire, East Riding 38 40 1 6,884
Yorkshire, North Riding† 43 45 1 7,852
Yorkshire, West Riding† 607 673 10 88,571
County Boroughs £
Barnsley 195 242 3 16,130
Barrow-in-Furness 105 112 1 13,616
Bath
Birkenhead
Birmingham† 1,353 1,519 24 227,191
Blackburn 120 227 3 24,040
Blackpool
Bolton 179 221 2 20,743
Bootle
Bournemouth
Bradford 258 253 3 40,134
Brighton 121 170 2 19,544
Bristol 1,318 1,403 15 186,995
Burnley 482 664 10 87,277
Burton-on-Trent 2,416
Bury 40 49 1 5,511
Canterbury
Carlisle
Chester 80 79 2 13,670
coventry 65 63 1
Darlington 300 381 5 55,128
Derby† 113 145 2 29,437
Dewsbury 420 519 4 41,986
Doncaster
Dudley† 145 225 3 29,767
Eastbourne
Exeter† 61 62 1 12,150
Gateshead 40 36 1 6,202
Gloucester
Great Yarmouth
Grimsby 46 43 1 8,389
Halifax 65 91 1 10,790
Hartlepool* 200 4 34,477
Hastings
Huddersfield 100 2 3,600
Ipswich 39 58 1 6,925
Kingston upon Hull 114 128 2 57,038
Leeds 105 111 1 10,872
Leicester† 14 19 1 2,786
Lincoln 91 88 2 12,291
Liverpool 432 567 6 76,821
Luton 190 308 3 36,403
Manchester 228 393 5 46,678
Newcastle upon Tyne 90 83 1 16,236
Northampton† 241 328 5 37,453
Norwich 90 98 1
Nottingham 224 166 3 22,282
Oldham 121 149 3 21,026
Oxford 373 409 7 69,000
Plymouth 675
portsmouth 42 42 1 6,851
Preston 100 98 1 17,607
Reading 309 368 6 42,782

Local Education Authority Number of pupils in January, 1965 Nursery School January, 1970 Number of Nursery Schools January, 1970 Net expenditure on Nursery Schools 1969–70
County Boroughs £
Rochdale 314 343 4 52,445
Rotherham 101 115 1 12,907
St. Helens
Salford 288 316 6 36,693
Sheffield 299 456 4 49,898
Solihull
Southampton 1,260
Southend-on-Sea
Southport 60 75 1 5,551
South Shields 1,537
Stockport 264 275 5 48,450
Stoke-on-Trent 792 986 14 142,964
Sunderland 59 150 2 16,038
Teesside* 40 1 6,653
Torbay*
Tynemouth 229 231 2 17,799
Wakefield
Wallasey 55 64 1 9,082
Walsall 140 213 4 28,858
Warley* 193 3 26,910
Warrington
West Bromwich
Wigan 1,201
Wolverhampton 61 204 3 16,941
Worcester
York 40 39 1 9,901
Outer London Boroughs
Barking*
Barnet* 280 3 28,059
Bexley* 120 1 10,541
Brent* 106 1 18,890
Bromley*
Croydon 60 148 3 22,017
Ealing* 50 1 8,002
Enfield*
Haringey* 329 3 34,374
Harrow* 135 3 25,559
Havering*
Hillingdon 115 2 17,557
Hounslow* 84 1 8,903
Kingston upon Thames* 78 1 10,474
Merton* 387 2
Newham* 474 4 52,074
Redbridge*
Richmond upon Thames* 100 2 18,640
Sutton* 188 2 21,457
Waltham Forest* 168 2 17,334
London 2,422 2,914 29 575,070
Total England 25,684 31,490 438 4,316,249
* These authorities did not exist in January, 1965.
Boundary changes between 1965 and 1970.
Not available.