§ Mr. PaiceTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give(a) the number and location of (i) nursery schools, (ii) nursery classes and (iii) under-five units in reception classes provided by Cambridgeshire education authority together with the number of places available at each unit and the percentage of the total number of three and four-year-olds in Cambridgeshire which these places represent (b) the total cost of providing and supporting each category, (c) the average cost per child place in each category in Cambridgeshire and (d) the national average cost per child place for each category.
§ Mrs. RumboldInformation on the number of under-five units in reception classes and the number of places available at each unit is not available centrally. Information on the total cost of providing and supporting each category is no longer collected separately by the Department. In January 1989 the number of nursery schools, nursery classes and the number of pupils under five in Cambridgeshire is as follows:
Number Pupils under five Percentage of the esti-mated 3 and 4-year-old popula-tion Nursery schools 7 661 4 Primary schools Nursery classes 31 1,355 8 Other classes 5,073 30 Total 7,089 42