§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the total number of children under five, by education authority, at(a) nursery schools and (b) primary schools, for each year since 1983.
§ Mr. ButcherThe total numbers of pupils aged under five in maintained nursery and primary schools in each local education authority in England in January of each year since 1983 are given in the table. Many of these pupils in primary schools were in nursery classes.
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1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Nursery Primary Nursery Primary Nursery Primary Nursery Primary Nursery Primary Calderdale 97 2,688 91 2,904 95 2,963 87 2,941 88 2,865 Kirklees 849 3,730 751 5,591 713 5,797 699 5,288 666 5,193 Leeds 272 8,184 265 8,759 273 9,214 275 9,383 274 9,341 Wakefield 478 4,248 500 4,596 472 4,949 484 4,883 464 4,968 Gateshead 59 3,084 59 3,274 58 3,274 64 3,097 52 3,256 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 592 3,785 593 4,202 579 4,202 586 4,306 621 4,264 North Tyneside 307 3,243 287 3,588 276 3,854 315 3,743 286 3,620 South Tyneside 806 2,242 807 2,482 797 2,483 688 2,486 695 2,431 Sunderland 905 4,345 927 4,742 933 4,754 927 4,626 964 4,616 Isles of Scilly 0 7 0 10 0 10 0 6 0 13 ILEA 4,015 22,881 4,075 24,384 4,208 24,892 4,152 25,210 4,150 25,296 Avon 1,477 7,536 1,465 8,072 1,465 8,958 1,461 8,600 1,459 8,677 Bedfordshire 1,358 3,600 1,366 3,799 1,387 3,632 1,320 4,050 1,356 3,966 Berkshire 1,740 2,554 1,809 2,705 1,941 3,005 1,938 3,052 2,015 3,157 Buckinghamshire 507 2,633 519 2,684 514 2,535 515 2,530 512 2,495 Cambridgeshire 647 5,416 633 5,829 631 6,166 635 5,951 655 5,964 Cheshire 796 7,440 810 7,986 816 8,102 819 8,172 828 11,422 Cleveland 445 10,011 360 10,704 279 10,996 156 10,969 156 11,196 Cornwall 103 4,209 96 4,492 91 4,880 94 4,517 92 4,303 Cumbria 681 4,785 705 5,114 701 5,353 694 5,325 738 5,220 Derbyshire 1,115 6,786 1,119 7,441 1,127 9,721 1,129 10,205 1,162 10,152 Devon 142 3,894 140 4,564 141 4,369 247 4,170 257 5,235 Dorset 0 1,464 0 1,615 0 1,765 0 1,797 0 1,727 Durham 2,206 7,044 2,303 7,917 2,272 7,951 2,266 7,809 2,405 7,570 East Sussex 272 4,019 274 4,545 290 4,689 296 4,692 285 4,714 Essex 248 6,375 255 6,496 259 6,879 249 6,739 254 7,664 Gloucestershire 0 3,493 0 3,883 0 4,136 0 3,807 0 4,007 Hampshire 257 6,876 256 7,122 259 7,599 260 7,479 258 7,396 Hereford and Worcester 0 1,904 0 2,327 0 2,724 0 2,402 0 2,584 Hertfordshire 1,720 9,532 1,728 9,960 1,734 10,145 1,701 10,044 1,663 9,916 Humberside 983 8,083 889 9,298 897 9,581 910 9,851 946 10,173 Isle of Wight 0 903 0 955 0 957 0 897 0 921 Kent 87 4,638 79 5,088 90 4,730 84 4,518 78 4,409 Lancashire 3,229 11,369 3,330 12,563 3,386 13,375 3,358 13,182 3,400 13,318 Leicestershire 48 6,280 50 6,526 49 6,871 50 7,072 50 7,012 Lincolnshire 358 2,835 393 3,078 335 3,215 284 3,287 282 3,259 Norfolk 365 4,576 363 4,871 375 4,792 393 4,754 382 4,512 North Yorkshire 311 4,493 320 5,048 322 5,971 315 6,213 314 6,199 Northamptonshire 494 5,590 499 6,063 504 6,698 503 6,528 502 6,694 Northumberland 155 3,379 156 3,822 131 3,886 136 3,890 134 3,957 Nottinghamshire 513 11,435 560 12,210 557 12,351 536 12,537 580 12,302 Oxfordshire 794 1,370 539 1,796 494 1,865 502 1,815 496 1,806 Salop 157 2,531 188 2,779 160 2,758 160 2,933 160 2,782 Somerset 28 2,518 0 3,287 0 3,525 0 3,436 0 3,358 Staffordshire 1,838 8,594 1,879 9,392 1,836 9,962 1,844 9,321 1,843 9,440 Suffolk 144 3,516 172 4,069 157 4,151 167 4,173 162 4,295 Surrey 502 4,001 497 4,211 506 4,287 404 4,234 420 4,162 Warwickshire 623 3,905 649 4,228 665 4,281 726 4,773 730 4,761 West Sussex 454 854 452 953 454 926 451 897 452 904 Wiltshire 0 2,527 0 2,983 0 2,649 0 2,303 0 2,467
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Pupils under 5 in maintained nursery and primary schools 1988 Nursery Primary Barking 0 2,455 Barnet 500 3,561 Bexley 174 1,250 Brent 274 3,867 Bromley 0 1,071 Croydon 400 2,569 Ealing 535 4,338 Enfield 0 3,414 Haringey 246 3,358 Harrow 0 2,231 Havering 0 1,970 Hillingdon 120 2,816 Hounslow 0 3,804 Kingston Upon Thames 236 1,442 Merton 0 2,464 Newham 972 3,001 Redbridge 0 1,336 Richmond Upon Thames 64 1,538 Sutton 240 595 Waltham Forest 329 2,828 Birmingham 2,317 16,235
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1988 Nursery Primary Coventry 443 4,130 Dudley 401 3,080 Sandwell 209 6,030 Solihull 0 3,024 Walsall 755 5,440 Wolverhampton 843 3,924 Knowsley 0 3,466 Liverpool 560 9,568 St. Helens 66 2,851 Sefton 315 3,995 Wirral 262 4,050 Bolton 553 4,501 Bury 161 2,331 Manchester 535 8,577 Oldham 0 4,041 Rochdale 910 2,899 Salford 845 4,119 Stockport 766 2,511 Tameside 322 3,955 Trafford 0 1,175 Wigan 186 4,582 Barnsley 181 3,563
1988 Nursery Primary Doncaster 0 5,677 Rotherham 355 3,486 Sheffield 738 6,470 Bradford 502 7,454 Calderdale 88 2,972 Kirklees 651 5,392 Leeds 254 9,487 Wakefield 463 5,103 Gateshead 50 3,132 Newcastle Upon Tyne 623 4,255 North Tyneside 291 3,642 South Tyneside 713 2,430 Sunderland 949 4,652 Isles of Scilly 0 17 Inner London 4,232 25,731 Avon 1,420 8,923 Bedfordshire 1,329 3,957 Berkshire 2,021 3,175 Buckinghamshire 512 2,502 Cambridgeshire 637 6,158 Cheshire 838 11,949 Cleveland 153 11,374 Cornwall 101 4,429 Cumbria 758 5,447 Derbyshire 1,217 10,754 Devon 255 5,484 Dorset 0 4,658 Durham 2,463 7,570 East Sussex 284 5,007 Essex 252 7,522 Gloucestershire 0 3,923 Hampshire 260 7,474 Hereford and Worcester 0 2,505 Hertfordshire 1,733 10,146 Humberside 963 10,434 Isle of Wight 0 994 Kent 81 4,287 Lancashire 3,399 14,005 Leicestershire 50 8,442 Lincolnshire 286 3,361 Norfolk 399 4,556 North Yorkshire 308 6,440 Northamptonshire 525 6,752 Northumberland 137 3,999 Nottinghamshire 575 13,044 Oxfordshire 499 1,896 Shropshire 166 3,063 Somerset 0 3,419 Staffordshire 1,824 9,653 Suffolk 95 4,496 Surrey 416 5,094 Warwickshire 755 5,064 West Sussex 446 811 Wiltshire 0 2,525