§ Mr. Radiceasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will state for each local authority in England and Wales the number of pupils under five years of age in infant classes in primary schools in January 1985; and what is this number as a proportion of the population of three and four-year-olds in each relevant local education authority area;
(2) if he will state, for each local authority in England and Wales, the number of full-time and part-time pupils in nursery schools and nursery classes in January 1985; and what is this number as a proportion of the population of three and four-year-olds in each relevant local education authority area.
§ Sir Keith JosephInformation for January 1985 is not available. The information requested for nursery and primary schools in England in January 1984 is as follows:
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Infant classes in primary schools Nursery schools and classes Number of pupils Percentage of 3 and 4-year-old population Number of pupils Percentage of 3 and 4-year-old population Rotherham 1,089 15 2,706 39 Sheffield 2,438 20 4,434 37 Bradford 3,187 22 4,238 29 Calderdale 1,645 33 1,350 27 Kirklees 3,002 30 3,340 32 Leeds 4,126 24 4,898 28 Wakefield 1,662 21 3,434 42 Gateshead 1,663 32 1,670 32 Newcastle upon Tyne 2,105 32 2,690 40 North Tyneside 1,616 33 2,259 46 South Tyneside 1,303 33 1,986 51 Sunderland 2,777 33 2,892 34 Avon 6,703 30 2,834 13 Bedfordshire 604 4 4,561 29 Berkshire 353 2 4,161 21 Buckinghamshire 1,205 7 1,998 12 Cambridgeshire 4,598 27 1,864 11 Cheshire 3,878 16 4,918 20 Cleveland 3,411 21 7,653 47 Cornwall (including Isles of Scilly) 3,236 33 1,362 13 Cumbria 3,568 31 2,251 19 Derbyshire 4,211 18 4,349 19 Devon 2,875 13 1,829 8 Dorset 968 8 647 5 Durham 4,794 31 5,426 35 East Sussex 3,869 29 950 7 Essex 4,757 12 1,994 5 Gloucestershire 3,883 31 — — Hampshire 5,585 14 1,793 5 Hereford and Worcester 1,363 8 964 6 Hertfordshire 4,034 16 7,654 31 Humberside 4,082 19 6,105 28 Isle of Wight 814 32 141 6 Kent 3,340 8 1,827 5 Lancashire 10,763 30 5,130 15 Leicestershire 1,476 6 5,100 22 Lincolnshire 2,462 18 1,009 7 Norfolk 4,435 26 799 5 North Yorkshire 2,595 17 2,773 18 Northamptonshire 4,766 31 1,796 12 Northumberland 2,535 32 1,443 19 Nottinghamshire 2,472 10 10,298 41 Oxfordshire 602 5 1,733 12 Shropshire 1,874 19 1,093 11 Somerset 3,219 30 68 1 Staffordshire 5,300 19 5,971 22 Suffolk 2,570 16 1,671 10 Surrey 2,078 9 2,630 11 Warwickshire 2,986 25 1,891 16 West Sussex 889 6 516 3 Wiltshire 2,846 20 137 1 ENGLAND 236,417 20 258,601 22 Pupils who were under five years at 31 August 1983 but who became five on or before 31 December 1983 have been excluded from the answer.
Information for Wales is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.