§ Mr. Strawasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a table in the Official Report giving the number of children attending nursery schools and nursery classes of primary schools, at the latest date and for each of the preceding five years, broken down for each local authority.
§ Mr. DunnThe total numbers of children under five years of age attending maintained nursery schools and nursery classes in primary schools in each local education authority in England in January 1986 and in the preceding five years are as follows.
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1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Bolton 2,074 2,149 2,258 2,415 2,484 2,685 Bury 662 711 768 832 784 783 Manchester 5,276 5,407 5,687 5,834 6,233 6,350 Oldham 1,318 1,425 1,542 1,779 1,795 1,916 Rochdale 1,648 1,677 1,714 1,749 1,747 1,669 Salford 2,046 2,332 2,710 2,894 3,020 3,007 Stockport 897 937 924 962 962 992 Tameside 1,795 1,933 2,096 2,240 2,218 2,224 Trafford 536 536 542 588 630 620 Wigan 1,496 1,708 1,814 1,925 1,985 1,972 Barnsley 2,623 2,604 2,701 2,722 2,757 2,788 Doncaster 2,760 2,904 2,847 2,964 2,956 2,999 Rotherham 2,404 2,412 2,652 2,706 2,789 2,706 Sheffield 3,761 4,142 4,341 4,434 4,663 4,593 Bradford 3,565 3,697 3,901 4,238 4,495 4,507 Calderdale 1,072 1,116 1,295 1,350 1,370 1,401 Kirklees 2,522 2,955 3,072 3,340 3,954 3,919 Leeds 3,696 4,146 4,419 4,898 5,153 5,354 Wakefield 2,950 3,101 3,226 3,434 3,604 3,575 Gateshead 1,382 1,575 1,674 1,670 1,664 1,639 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2,303 2,383 2,548 2,690 2,716 2,805 North Tyneside 1,894 1,972 2,132 2,259 2,466 2,407 South Tyneside 1,612 1,755 1,939 1,986 1,934 1,904 Sunderland 2,363 2,578 2,716 2,892 2,945 2,919 Avon 2,473 2,581 2,773 2,834 3,207 3,293 Bedfordshire 4,095 4,295 4,459 4,561 4,497 4,521 Berkshire 3,718 3,738 3,972 4,161 4,661 4,703 Buckinghamshire 1,920 1,919 1,980 1,998 1,975 2,091 Cambridgeshire 1,797 1,853 1,883 1,864 1,926 1,944 Cheshire 4,308 4,518 4,740 4,918 5,012 4,941 Cleveland 6,446 6,665 7,317 7,653 7,835 8,018 Cornwall2 1,214 1,238 1,329 1,362 1,399 1,359 Cumbria 1,870 1,957 2,037 2,251 2,245 2,233 Derbyshire 4,067 4,144 4,253 4,349 5,080 5,773 Devon 1.606 1,696 1,719 1,829 1,841 1,882 Dorset 584 585 598 647 761 805 Durham 4,390 4,828 5,100 5,426 5,521 5,536 East Sussex 881 899 910 950 1,008 956 Essex 1,706 1,787 1,943 1,994 2,064 2,144 Gloucestershire — — — — — — Hampshire 1,671 1,718 1,777 1,793 1,782 1,859 Hereford and Worcester 800 799 797 964 941 997 Hertfordshire 6,940 7,198 7,556 7,654 7,650 7,577 Humberside 5,106 5,402 5,629 6,105 6,330 6,668 Isle of Wight 114 128 133 141 140 103 Kent 1,606 1,651 1,709 1,827 1,852 1,914 Lancashire 4,671 4,861 4,944 5,130 5,458 5,574 Leicestershire 4,387 4,796 5,007 5,100 5,067 5,163 Lincolnshire 921 961 965 1,009 1,019 1,006 Norfolk 772 728 824 799 825 863 North Yorkshire 2,230 2,397 2,490 2,773 2,652 2,631 Northamptonshire 1,188 1,229 1,630 1,796 2,178 2,326 Northumberland 1,102 1,149 1,270 1,443 1,560 1,698 Nottinghamshire 8,745 9,241 9,544 10,298 10,465 11,122 Oxfordshire 1,581 1,652 1,631 1,733 1,749 1,747 Shropshire 979 1,000 1,004 1,093 1,082 1,080 Somerset 137 88 84 68 77 81 Staffordshire 5,660 5,740 5,838 5,971 5,911 5,830 Suffolk 1,478 1,494 1,538 1,671 1,833 2,034 Surrey 2,565 2,599 2,624 2,630 2,643 2,635 Warwickshire 1,772 1,828 1,837 1,891 1,879 1,907 West Sussex 456 505 525 516 531 535 Wiltshire 99 136 141 137 138 184 1 Full time and part-time pupils. Ages at end of December of previous year. 2 Includes Isles of Scilly. Gloucestershire LEA provides a limited amount of pre-school provision in "family centres", staffed by teachers and NNEB nurses, and in which parents assist. There are currently 9 of these and another 3 are due to be established in September.