§ Mr. Campbell-SavoursTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science where in rank order of nursery provision in England and Wales, Kent county council education authority stands.
§ Mr. EggarThe table shows that in January 1990, Kent local education authority appeared 89th out of the 96 local education authorities in England in regard to the percentage of under-fives attending maintained nursery school and nursery classes.
Similar data for Wales is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
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Under Fives in maintained nursery schools and nursery classes in rank order January 1990 Percentage attending nursery classes and nursery schools 1 Hounslow1 66 2 South Tyneside 58 3 Wolverhampton 57 4 Walsall 56 5 North Tyneside 56 6 Cleveland 55 7 Manchester 54 8 Newham 54 9 Salford 53 10 Liverpool 50 11 Barnsley 50 12 Hillingdon 49 13 Nottinghamshire 48 14 Wakefield 48 15 Sheffield 44 16 Sandwell 44 17 Knowsley1 42 18 Leeds 41 19 Doncaster1 41 20 Tameside 40 21 Newcastle upon Tyne 40 22 Rotherham 40 23 Durham 40 24 Merton1 40 25 Haringey 38 26 Kirklees 38 27 Derbyshire 38 28 Bolton 37 29 Sunderland 36 30 Bradford 36 31 Inner London 35 32 Waltham Forest 35 33 Barking1 35 34 Ealing 35 35 Gateshead 35 36 Solihull1 35 37 Oldham1 34 38 Humberside 34 39 Dudley 34 40 St. Helens 33 41 Sefton 32 42 Birmingham 32 43 Brent 32 44 Kingston upon Thames 31 45 Bedfordshire 31 46 Rochdale 31 47 Sutton 31 48 Northumberland 30 49 Hertfordshire 30
Percentage attending nursery classes and nursery schools 50 Bury 29 51 Barnet 29 52 Calderdale1 28 53 Wigan 25 54 Berkshire 25 55 Coventry 25 56 Wirral 24 57 Cumbria 23 58 Trafford1 22 59 Leicestershire 22 60 Staffordshire 22 61 Cheshire 21 62 North Yorkshire 21 63 Enfield1 20 64 Northamptonshire 20 65 Richmond upon Thames 19 66 Warwickshire 17 67 Stockport 17 68 Lancashire 17 69 Avon 17 70 Harrow1 16 71 Suffolk 16 72 Bexley 15 73 Oxfordshire 14 74 Cornwall3 14 75 Redbridge1 13 76 Shropshire 12 77 Devon 11 78 Cambridgeshire 11 79 Surrey 11 80 Buckinghamshire 10 81 Lincolnshire 9 82 East Sussex 8 83 Hereford and Worcester1 7 84 Croydon 7 85 Isle of Wight1 7 86 Essex 6 87 Dorset1 6 88 Norfolk 6 89 Kent 5 90 Hampshire 5 91 Havering1 4 92 West Sussex 4 93 Wiltshire1 3 94 Bromley1 2 95 Somerset1 1 96 Gloucestershire2 0 England 25 Note: 1 Have no Nursery schools. 2 Have no Nursery schools or Nursery classes. 3 Includes Isles of Scilly.