HC Deb 25 February 1986 vol 92 cc509-11W
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, pursuant to his reply, Official

Percentage of three and four year olds attending nursery schools and classes in maintained nursery and primary schools in England 1980–85
Percentages
Local Education Authority 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Full-time pupils Part-time pupils Full-time pupils Part-time pupils Full-time pupils Part-time pupils Full-time pupils Part-time pupils Full-time pupils Part-time pupils Full-time pupils Part-time pupils
Barking 8 14 11 15 9 23 5 26 4 32 4 30
Barnet 4 22 3 25 4 26 3 29 3 29 2 29
Bexley 1 8 1 11 1 11 1 11 1 10 1 11
Brent 6 24 7 28 7 30 6 30 5 30 5 27
Bromley 0 1 0 1 0 2 — 2 0 2 — 2
Croydon 2 5 2 5 2 5 1 6 2 6 2 6
Ealing 2 23 1 30 0 38 0 36 0 36 0 33
Enfield 0 20 0 21 — 22 — 22 — 21 — 22
Haringey 8 27 10 30 9 34 10 37 10 35 9 35
Harrow 1 16 1 17 0 19 0 17 — 16 — 16
Havering — 4 — 4 — 4 — 4 0 4 — 4
Hillingdon 10 40 0 41 0 43 0 41 0 43 0 43
Hounslow 1 30 1 32 18 45 17 48 11 48 19 47
Kingston-upon-Thames 3 28 3 29 3 30 3 28 3 27 3 28
Merton 1 37 1 39 1 40 1 42 1 40 1 40
Newham 3 44 4 49 4 56 4 57 4 56 3 56
Redbridge 1 9 1 9 1 8 1 8 1 8 1 8
Richmond-upon-Thames 1 11 1 17 1 17 1 18 0 16 1 14
Sutton 2 12 2 13 1 15 1 16 1 14 0 16
Waltham Forest 3 32 3 36 3 38 3 37 3 37 3 38
ILEA 14 24 15 23 16 23 16 24 16 24 14 23
Birmingham 15 10 16 12 16 14 13 15 13 16 12 18
Coventry 7 13 6 16 5 17 5 18 4 19 4 19
Dudley 6 16 6 17 5 20 3 23 3 23 2 25
Sandwell 7 27 7 29 6 31 6 34 5 34 5 35
Solihull 0 20 0 24 0 25 0 26 0 25 0 27
Walsall 3 44 4 51 6 53 5 54 3 52 3 52
Wolverhampton 0 46 — 50 — 51 — 53 0 56 — 56
Knowsley 0 15 0 21 0 26 — 27 — 28 1 31
Liverpool 9 31 11 34 10 37 9 38 7 37 7 38
St. Helens 0 18 0 18 0 19 0 20 0 19 0 23
Sefton 3 24 4 22 3 25 2 26 2 26 2 27
Wirral 1 15 1 17 1 19 1 17 1 16 1 16
Bolton 14 16 13 19 13 20 10 22 9 24 7 26
Bury 5 7 6 9 6 10 5 12 5 14 5 13
Manchester 37 15 38 15 37 16 36 18 32 19 32 21
Oldham 12 12 13 11 12 14 12 14 11 17 13 16
Rochdale 4 24 6 24 5 24 4 24 4 24 3 24
Salford 30 6 32 7 36 9 37 12 37 12 38 13
Stockport 5 7 5 8 4 9 4 9 3 10 3 10
Tameside 4 26 4 33 4 35 3 36 3 37 3 35
Trafford 1 9 1 10 1 10 1 10 1 10 0 11
Wigan 0 16 0 18 1 21 1 22 1 22 1 24
Barnsley 2 44 2 51 1 50 1 49 1 48 1 48
Doncaster 2 36 2 38 2 40 2 37 2 36 2 37
Rotherham 10 27 11 28 11 28 7 33 7 32 6 33
Sheffield 6 24 7 28 6 32 6 32 5 32 5 34
Bradford 6 22 6 23 6 23 5 23 4 24 4 26
Calderdale 20 3 21 3 21 3 16 12 13 14 12 15
Kirklees 1 26 1 27 1 31 1 30 1 32 0 39
Leeds 2 18 3 21 3 23 3 24 2 26 2 28
Wakefield 6 34 5 34 5 35 5 37 4 38 4 41
Gateshead 4 19 5 25 4 29 2 31 2 30 1 31
Newcastle upon Tyne 21 15 23 16 23 17 21 20 21 19 20 20
North Tyneside 5 39 5 42 5 43 4 43 3 44 3 47
South Tyneside 7 35 7 42 4 48 2 52 2 49 1 47
Sunderland 4 26 5 26 4 29 3 31 3 32 3 33
Avon 7 5 7 5 7 6 7 6 7 6 7 7
Bedfordshire 8 21 8 23 7 24 5 24 5 24 5 24
Berkshire 3 19 3 19 2 19 2 20 2 20 2 22

Report, 20 January, column 77, if he will publish the information about nursery education in a table in the Official Report.

Mr. Dunn

The information is as follows:

Local Education Authority 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Full-time pupils Part-time pupils Full-time pupils Part-time pupils Full-time pupils Part-time pupils Full-time pupils Part-time pupils Full-time pupils Part-time pupils Full-time pupils Part-time pupils
Buckinghamshire 0 13 0 13 0 12 0 12 — 12 — 11
Cambridgeshire 2 9 2 10 2 10 2 10 2 9 2 10
Cheshire 1 16 2 18 1 19 1 19 1 19 1 21
Cleveland 1 42 1 43 1 44 1 46 0 47 0 48
Cornwall (including Isles of Scilly) 1 11 1 12 1 12 1 13 0 13 0 14
Cumbria 3 14 3 15 3 16 2 16 2 18 2 18
Derbyshire 5 14 5 15 5 15 4 15 4 15 4 18
Devon 1 6 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 8
Dorset — 5 — 5 0 5 — 5 — 5 — 6
Durham 5 26 4 28 4 30 3 31 3 32 3 34
East Sussex 0 7 1 7 0 7 0 7 0 7 0 8
Essex 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 5 1 5 0 5
Gloucestershire — — — — — — — — — — — —
Hampshire 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5
Hereford & Worcester 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 5 1 5
Hertfordshire 2 30 2 29 1 29 1 30 1 30 1 31
Humberside 6 17 6 19 5 21 5 22 5 23 5 25
Isle of Wight 1 4 1 4 1 5 1 5 1 5 1 5
Kent 0 4 0 5 0 5 — 5 — 5 — 5
Lancashire 2 12 1 13 1 14 1 14 1 14 1 15
Leicestershire 6 16 6 16 7 17 6 16 6 16 6 16
Lincolnshire 2 6 2 6 2 6 1 6 1 6 1 7
Norfolk 0 4 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5
North Yorkshire 3 13 3 13 3 14 2 14 2 16 2 15
Northamptonshire 2 7 1 7 1 7 2 9 2 10 2 12
Northumberland 3 10 3 13 3 14 1 15 2 17 1 20
Nottinghamshire 3 36 3 36 3 38 3 37 2 39 2 40
Oxfordshire 3 10 3 10 3 10 2 10 1 11 1 11
Shropshire 0 10 0 11 0 11 0 10 0 11 0 11
Somerset 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 — 0 0
Staffordshire 10 12 11 13 10 13 10 13 9 13 9 12
Suffolk 1 9 1 10 1 10 0 10 0 10 0 11
Surrey 1 11 1 11 1 11 1 11 1 11 1 11
Warwickshire 2 13 2 13 2 14 2 14 2 14 1 15
West Sussex 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 3
Wiltshire 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
England 4 15 4 16 4 18 4 18 4 18 4 19