§ Mr. Rathboneasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the number of children aged three to four years attending nursery schools at the latest date, broken down for each local authority; and what was the number for the last five years.
§ Mr. DunnThe number of children aged three or four attending maintained nursery schools in each local education authority in England in January 1986 (the latest date for which figures are available) and for the preceding five years is given in the table below. Pupils aged three or four in nursery classes in maintained primary schools have been excluded from these figures.
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January each year 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Wakefield 440 437 431 465 454 468 Gateshead 99 35 43 41 41 50 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 388 376 408 427 427 412 North Tyneside 189 187 256 260 255 275 South Tyneside 671 539 663 652 717 597 Sunderland 639 715 852 856 863 713 Isles of Scilly n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Avon 1,336 1,200 1,259 1,258 1,207 1,250 Bedfordshire 1,127 1,205 1,279 1,280 1,317 1,228 Berkshire 1,649 1,646 1,710 1,770 1,878 1,877 Buckinghamshire 488 497 504 516 513 514 Cambridgeshire 520 532 560 563 554 593 Cheshire 614 663 698 706 743 748 Cleveland 349 355 368 309 231 117 Cornwall 83 88 85 85 87 76 Cumbria 504 474 479 560 508 556 Derbyshire 908 961 1,010 1,013 1,015 995 Devon 145 139 137 137 143 238 Dorset n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Durham 1,796 1,888 2,018 2,072 2,055 2,038 East Sussex 226 236 233 223 245 269 Essex 220 219 238 229 242 237 Gloucestershire n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Hampshire 209 234 226 220 234 236 Hereford and Worcester n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Hertfordshire 1,536 1,598 1,651 1,656 1,676 1,677 Humberside 851 847 908 832 817 855 Isle of Wight n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Kent 63 65 72 52 72 62 Lancashire 2,399 2,379 2,513 2,627 2,683 2,630 Leicestershire 48 47 48 49 49 49 Lincolnshire 314 331 349 361 324 254 Norfolk 320 291 329 318 336 353 North Yorkshire 260 267 287 295 285 284 Northamptonshire 426 453 455 463 457 469 Northumberland 98 89 127 101 117 127 Nottinghamshire 374 383 399 473 446 441 Oxfordshire 775 807 740 527 483 487 Shropshire 218 221 136 161 147 156 Somerset 25 28 27 n/a n/a n/a Staffordshire 1,668 1,647 1,718 1,766 1,760 1,765 Suffolk 119 119 142 145 138 150 Surrey 452 453 472 467 481 369 Warwickshire 522 528 561 594 604 662 West Sussex 372 396 419 414 428 419 Wiltshire n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Total 40,355 40,648 42,359 42,265 42,620 42,201 1Full and part time pupils. Ages at the previous 31 August. n/a There were no nursery schools in these local authority areas in the years indicated.