HC Deb 23 March 1989 vol 149 cc686-7W
Mr. Bradley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a table showing, by local authority areas, the number of full-time equivalent 0–4 year-olds in nursery schools in January.

Mrs. Rumbold

In January 1988 the number of full-time equivalent pupils under five in maintained nursery schools in each local education authority in England is given in the table.

Full-time equivalent pupils under 5 in maintained nursery schools January 1988
Full-time equivalent pupils
Barking 0
Barnet 268
Bexley 99
Brent 225
Bromley 0
Croydon 244
Ealing 275
Enfield 0
Haringey 210
Harrow 0
Havering 0
Hillingdon 60
Hounslow 0
Kingston upon Thames 150
Merton 0
Newham 515
Redbridge 0
Richmond upon Thames 36
Sutton 120
Waltham Forest 192
Inner London 3,173
Birmingham 1,592
Coventry 250
Dudley 221
Sandwell 162
Solihull 0
Walsall 436
Wolverhampton 422
Knowsley 0
Liverpool 374
St. Helens 39
Sefton 160
Wirral 146
Bolton 339
Bury 111
Manchester 473
Full-time equivalent pupils
Oldham 0
Rochdale 494
Salford 675
Stockport 507
Tameside 180
Trafford 0
Wigan 108
Barnsley 91
Doncaster 0
Rotherham 207
Sheffield 460
Bradford 355
Calderdale 65
Kirklees 332
Leeds 150
Wakefield 232
Gateshead 32
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 549
North Tyneside 178
South Tyneside 373
Sunderland 537
Isles of Scilly 0
Avon 1,194
Bedfordshire 834
Berkshire 1,081
Buckinghamshire 256
Cambridgeshire 374
Cheshire 434
Cleveland 77
Cornwall 74
Cumbria 411
Derbyshire 687
Devon 153
Dorset 0
Durham 1,354
East Sussex 143
Essex 132
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 130
Hereford and Worcester 0
Hertfordshire 913
Humberside 605
Isle of Wight 0
Kent 41
Lancashire 1,765
Leicestershire 25
Lincolnshire 195
Norfolk 202
North Yorkshire 186
Northamptonshire 307
Northumberland 88
Nottinghamshire 322
Oxfordshire 290
Shropshire 83
Somerset 0
Staffordshire 1,435
Suffolk 55
Surrey 252
Warwickshire 378
West Sussex 230
Wiltshire 0
England 30,501

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