HC Deb 28 July 1975 vol 896 c355W
Mr. D. E. Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proportion of children in Great Britain and in each English region attended (a) full-time and (b) part-time nursery education in each year from 1970 to 1974

Miss Joan Lestor

On the assumption that the relevant population in any given region may be taken to be about one-half of the 1-4 age group, the proportions for the English regions were as given below. These relate to full-time and

FULL-TIME PUPILS
Region January 1970 January 1971 January 1972 January 1973 January 1974
North … 3.6 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.3
Yorkshire and Humberside … 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.3
East Midlands … 2.3 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.6
East Anglia … 1.9 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.7
South East:
Greater London … 2.9 2.4 2.6 2.6 2.6
Other South East … 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0
SouthWest … 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.7
West Midlands … 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.6
NorthWest … 4.1 3.8 3.9 4.0 4.2

PART-TIME PUPILS
Region January 1970 (1) January 1971 January 1972 January 1973 January 1974
North … 0.7 1.8 2.8 3.9 6.0
Yorkshire and Humberside … 0.9 3.6 5.0 5.9 7.5
East Midlands … 0.4 4.1 5.1 5.8 6.9
East Anglia … 0.8 1.8 2.0 2.5 4.9
South East:
Greater London … 1.5 6.8 9.1 10.2 10.8
Other South East … 1.2 2.3 2.8 3.1 4.0
SouthWest … 0.4 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.3
West Midlands … 1.1 2.5 3.3 4.0 4.8
North West … 1.4 4.0 5.0 5.7 6.7

Notes:

(1) Nursery schools only.

The percentages are based on the estimated population (half of the 1–4 age group) as at 30th June in each of the preceding years (Source: Registrar-General's estimates).