HC Deb 25 October 1985 vol 84 cc259-61W
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what were the number of nursery class and nursery school places per 1,000 children aged three and four years in each London education authority, in the metropolitan and non-metropolitan authorities and in Greater London, respectively.

Mr. Dunn

In January 1985, the numbers of pupils in nursery schools and classes per 1,000 of the three and four-year-old population were as follows:

Numbers
Barking 330
Barnet 310
Numbers
Bexley 110
Brent 330
Bromley 20
Croydon 80
Ealing 340
Enfield 220
Haringey 440
Harrow 160
Havering 40
Hillingdon 430
Hounslow 660
Kingston-upon-Thames 300
Merton 410
Newham 600
Redbridge 80
Richmond-upon-Thames 150
Sutton 160
Waltham Forest 400
Inner London 370
Birmingham 290
Coventry 230
Dudley 280
Sandwell 390
Solihull 270
Walsall 550
Wolverhampton 560
Knowsley 320
Liverpool 450
St. Helens 230
Sefton 290
Wirral 170
Bolton 330
Bury 180
Manchester 520
Oldham 280
Rochdale 270
Salford 510
Stockport 130
Tameside 380
Trafford 120
Wigan 250
Barnsley 490
Doncaster 380
Rotherham 390
Sheffield 390
Bradford 290
Calderdale 270
Kirklees 390
Leeds 300
Wakefield 440
Gateshead 320
Newcastle upon Tyne 390
North Tyneside 490
South Tyneside 480
Sunderland 350
Avon 150
Bedfordshire 280
Berkshire 240
Buckinghamshire 110
Cambridgeshire 120
Cheshire 210
Cleveland 480
Cornwall 140
Cumbria 200
Derbyshire 220
Devon 80
Dorset 60
Durham 370
East Sussex 80
Essex 50
Gloucestershire
Numbers
Hampshire 50
Hereford and Worcester 60
Hertfordshire 320
Humberside 300
Isle of Wighi 60
Kent 50
Lancashire 160
Leicestershire 220
Lincolnshire 80
Norfolk 50
North Yorkshire 170
Northamptonshire 150
Northumberland 210
Nottinghamshire 420
Oxfordshire 120
Shropshire 110
Somerset 10
Stafordshire 220
Suffolk 110
Surrey 120
Warwickshire 160
West Sussex 30
Wiltshire 10
England 220

Note: The figures are rounded to the nearest 10