§ 40. Mr. Roger Kingasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the change in the number of under five-year-olds in education, both in absolute terms and as a percentage of the year group, from 1979 to date.
§ Mr. DunnThe number of pupils aged under five years in maintained nursery and primary schools in England has increased from 428,640 in January 1979 to 495,018 in 1984 — an increase of 66,378. The corresponding proportions of the under-five population are 37 per cent. and 42 per cent.