§ Mr. PaiceTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the total public expenditure on(a) local authority day nurseries, (b) local authority playgroups, (c) grants to the voluntary sector for provision for under-fives, (d) local authority nursery schools, (e) local authority nursery classes and (f) the under-fives in primary reception classes for each year from 1975 to 1988 in (i) cash and (ii) real terms; and what was the total number of children participating in each type of provision for each year, together with the total numbers in the three to four years age group for each year.
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§ Mrs. RumboldLocal authority day nurseries and playgroups and other facilities for day care are the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health. Otherwise, the relevant expenditure is:
London education authority expenditure (£ millions) Financial year (c) DES grants to national voluntary organisations £ thousands (d) Nursery schools (e) Nursery classes (f) Under fives in primary classes Cash 1987–88 real terms Cash 1987–88 real terms Cash 1987–88 real terms Cash 1987–88 real terms 1975–76 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1976–77 n/a n/a 21 54 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1977–78 22 50 21 48 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1978–79 18 37 22 45 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1979–80 35 61 25 44 50 88 87 153 1980–81 31 46 30 44 64 95 108 160 1981–82 39 53 34 46 77 104 120 162 1982–83 54 68 35 44 90 113 134 169 1983–84 60 72 37 45 100 120 159 192 1984–85 60 69 39 45 106 122 177 203 1985–86 63 69 41 45 113 123 186 202 1986–87 71 75 45 47 131 138 205 216 1987–88 113 113 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Note: The cash prices for the earlier years have been converted into 1987–88 real terms using the Gross Domestic Product (market prices) deflator.
Related numbers of children are:
Pupils under five as at January (thousands) All 3 to 4 year olds as at previous August (thousands) (d) (e) (f) Nursery schools Nursery classes Under fives in primary classes 1975 1,434 n/a n/a n/a 1976 n/a 45 111 282 1977 1,275 48 139 245 1978 1,196 48 153 214 1979 1,135 48 162 218 1980 1,091 48 167 213 1981 1,064 48 173 206 1982 1,078 49 186 201 1983 1,142 50 198 210 1984 1,197 49 209 236 1985 1,199 50 217 246 1986 1,180 49 223 236 1987 1,180 50 227 241 1988 1,190 50 235 248
§ Mr. BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a table showing by local authority area the latest figures for(a) estimated population of up to four year-olds, (b) the number of pupils in nursery schools and nursery classes and (c) the full-time equivalent number of pupils in nursery classes.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe information requested is given in the table.
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Children under five in each local education authority January 1988 Estimated population of 3 and 4 year olds Under 5's in nursery schools and classes FTE under 5's in nursery classes Barking 3,900 1,197 613 Barnet 7,600 2,214 912 Bexley 5,400 728 277 Brent 7,000 2,283 1,153 Bromley 6,600 124 62 Croydon 8,400 576 88 Ealing 8,100 2,712 1,098 Enfield 6,800 1,430 715
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Estimated population of 3 and 4 year olds Under 5's in nursery schools and classes FTE under 5's in nursery classes Haringey 5,300 2,126 1,098 Harrow 5,200 827 433 Havering 5,400 220 110 Hillingdon 6,000 2,742 1,311 Hounslow 5,500 3,773 2,717 Kingston upon Thames 3,100 956 367 Merton 4,200 1,645 833 Newham 6,700 3,875 1,488 Redbridge 5,500 555 290 Richmond upon Thames 3,600 619 278 Sutton 4,100 805 283 Waltham Forest 6,000 2,396 1,080 Inner London 59,000 22,368 12,323 Birmingham 28,600 9,284 4,514 Coventry 8,300 1,973 845 Dudley 7,400 2,398 1,058 Sandwell 8,000 3,668 1,849 Solihull 4,800 1,412 706 Walsall 6,800 3,898 1,602 Wolverhampton 6,600 3,827 1,492
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Estimated population of 3 and 4 year olds Under 5 's in nursery schools and classes FTE under 5's in nursery classes Knowlsey 5,000 1,909 965 Liverpool 12,300 6,049 3,079 St. Helens 4,700 1,436 686 Sefton 7,100 2,042 881 Wirral 8,700 1,620 681 Bolton 7,400 2,783 1,296 Bury 4,500 1,062 558 Manchester 12,200 7,080 5,170 Oldham 6,200 2,099 1,430 Rochdale 6,200 1,849 537 Salford 5,900 3,040 1,924 Stockport 7,400 1,089 174 Tameside 5,700 2,351 1,043 Trafford 5,400 772 387 Wigan 8,100 2,081 954 Barnsley 5,700 2,783 1,320 Doncaster 7,700 3,001 1,536 Rotherham 6,800 2,733 1,345 Sheffield 11,800 4,982 2,276 Bradford 14,500 5,249 2,493 Calderdale 5,100 1,377 860 Kirklees 10,300 4,071 1,723 Leeds 17,500 5,947 2,956 Wakefield 8,000 3,781 1,710 Gateshead 4,900 1,682 831 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 7,000 2,792 1,492 North Tyneside 4,700 2,456 1,124 South Tyneside 3,800 1,939 618 Sunderland 8,400 2,941 1,020 Avon 22,600 3,399 1,290 Bedfordshire 15,100 4,498 1,767 Berkshire 20,400 4,945 1,516 Buckinghamshire 17,100 2,053 771 Cambridgeshire 16,600 1,940 695 Cheshire 24,300 5,039 2,137 Cleveland 15,900 8,474 4,168 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 10,400 1,449 676 Cumbria 11,500 2,419 856 Derbyshire 22,600 6,386 2,951 Devon 22,500 2,214 1,055 Dorset 13,300 797 399 Durham 14,900 5,727 1,666 East Sussex 14,400 994 361 Essex 38,100 2,218 1,048 Gloucestershire1 12,500 0 0 Hampshire 38,600 1,895 824 Hereford and Worcester 16,100 974 552 Hertfordshire 25,200 7,457 2,893 Humberside 21,700 7,105 3,450 Isle of wight 2,500 141 81 Kent 37,500 1,907 916 Lancashire 36,200 6,129 1,405 Leicestershire 23,600 5,070 3,274 Lincolnshire 13,200 991 377 Norfolk 16,500 853 227 North Yorkshire 15,600 2,772 1,337 Northamptonshire 14,500 2,535 1,134 Northumberland 7,600 1,965 980 Nottinghamshire 25,100 11,805 5,757 Oxfordshire 14,700 1,857 714 Shropshire 9,700 1,119 477 Somerset 10,500 81 64 Staffordshire 26,300 5,860 2,790 Suffolk 16,200 2,281 1,095
Estimated population of 3 and 4 year olds Under 5's in nursery schools and classes FTE under 5's in nursery classes Surrey 23,800 2,695 1,143 Warwickshire 11,600 2,052 669 West Sussex 15,500 534 47 Wiltshire 14,000 285 144 England 1,195,800 284,542 132,349 1 There are no nursery schools or primary schools with designated nursery classes in Gloucestershire. All pupils under five attend infant classes in primary schools.