§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information he has as to what percentage of three and four-year-old children in each local authority area are (a) in full-time nursery education and (b) in part-time nursery education; and how this compares with each of the last five years.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe percentages of children aged under five in 1981 and 1986 participating in full-time and part-time nursery education in maintained nursery schools and in nursery and infant classes in primary schools is given in the table. Information in exactly the form requested and for all of the years would incur disproportionate cost.
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Percentage of children under five participating in nursery education1 1981 1986 Full time Part time Full time Part time Barking 39 15 33 35 Barnet 30 26 28 29 Bexley 18 11 15 11 Brent 36 28 36 28 Bromley 16 3 16 2 Croydon 30 6 31 6 Ealing 15 30 12 35 Enfield 26 22 29 22 Haringey 37 31 36 33 Harrow 16 17 16 16 Havering 18 18 16 21 Hillingdon 16 44 1 49 Hounslow 19 44 20 50 Kingston-upon-Thames 18 39 17 36
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1981 1986 Full time Part time Full time Part time Merton 16 49 13 45 Newham 16 49 15 60 Redbridge 14 9 15 9 Richmond-upon-Thames 4 46 2 42 Sutton 3 13 1 17 Waltham Forest 21 38 16 37 Inner London 29 23 28 25 Birmingham 42 12 43 20 Coventry 36 16 35 20 Dudley 18 17 16 28 Sandwell 39 29 37 39 Solihull 34 25 30 27 Walsall 40 51 35 57 Wolverhampton 15 51 15 57 Knowsley 22 21 30 33 Liverpool 43 34 42 43 St. Helens 35 18 32 29 Sefton 34 23 32 27 Wirral 32 17 31 18 Bolton 47 19 37 31 Bury 38 9 36 13 Manchester 55 16 50 23 Oldham 46 11 43 19 Rochdale 38 24 35 26 Salford 64 7 73 12 Stockport 33 10 32 11 Tameside 39 33 35 38 Trafford 6 10 7 12 Wigan 31 19 33 24 Barnsley 21 51 17 48 Doncaster 37 38 33 38 Rotherham 29 28 22 34 Sheffield 24 32 21 40 Bradford 25 27 23 32 Calderdale 55 3 44 18 Kirklees 18 27 20 38 Leeds 26 21 26 30 Wakefield 27 35 23 44 Gateshead 39 25 31 32 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 55 16 51 23 North Tyneside 41 42 39 48 South Tyneside 40 42 36 50 Sunderland 38 26 33 33 Avon 8 5 38 8 Bedfordshire 12 23 10 26 Berkshire 5 19 3 23 Buckinghamshire 7 14 5 13 Cambridgeshire 24 17 25 15 Cheshire 19 18 17 20 Cleveland 20 48 17 53 Cornwall2 16 25 18 29 Cumbria 34 16 34 19 Derbyshire 23 15 21 29 Devon 15 7 11 9 Dorset 5 8 6 8 Durham 35 28 32 34 East Sussex 16 19 13 23 Essex 13 4 12 6 Gloucestershire 29 2 30 1 Hampshire 16 6 14 6 Hereford and Worcester 13 4 9 5 Hertfordshire 17 30 17 31 Humberside 24 20 23 27 Isle of Wight 32 4 34 4 Kent 8 5 7 6 Lancashire 32 13 31 15 Leicestershire 10 16 13 18 Lincolnshire 15 6 20 7 Norfolk 18 12 18 13 North Yorkshire 20 14 25 18 Northamptonshire 22 9 34 14
1981 1986 Full time Part time Full time Part time Northumberland 35 13 32 21 Nottinghamshire 13 36 9 45 Oxfordshire 6 11 4 13 Shropshire 14 12 16 15 Somerset 22 2 32 1 Staffordshire 28 13 30 13 Suffolk 16 10 15 13 Surrey 9 12 8 13 Warwickshire 23 15 31 16 West Sussex 7 4 5 4 Wiltshire 17 3 13 3 1 The number of pupils under five in January expressed as a percentage of the estimated 3 and 4-year-old population. 2 Includes Isles of Scilly.
§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information he has as to the age participation rate in education for the under-fives expressed as a percentage of the two, three and four-year-old age group.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe participation rate of children under five in January 1986 attending maintained nursery and primary schools in England was 43 per cent. of the relevant three and four-year-old population.