§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what were the number of nursery class and nursery school places available per 1,000 children aged three years plus and four years plus in Dorset, East Sussex, Hereford and Worcester, Kent, Somerset and Wiltshire, and the total number available per 1,000 children aged three years plus and four years plus in non-metropolitan counties, metropolitan districts and Greater London.
§ Mr. DunnThe information requested as at January 1984 is as follows:344W
Number of pupils in nursery* classes Number of places per 1,000 of the 3 and 4-year-old population Dorset 647 52 East Sussex 950 71 Hereford and Worcester 964 56 Kent 1,827 47 Somerset 68 6 Wiltshire 137 10 Non-metropolitan authorities 109,339 149 Metropolitan authorities 97,986 333 Greater London 51,276 315 England 258,601 217 * The number of pupils in nursery classes in nursery and primary schools
§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what were the number of nursery schools in England in each of the years 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983.
§ Mr. DunnThe numbers of maintained nursery schools in England as at January in each of the years 1980 to 1983 are as follows:
January Number of maintained nursery schools 1980 596 1981 588 1982 582 1983 575