§ Ms. LynneTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the average of the proportion of three and four-year-olds in pre-school education in each local education authority; and what is the national average.
§ Mr. ForthThe percentage of three and four-year-olds attending maintained nursery schools or nursery classes in maintained primary schools in each local education authority in England in January 1991 are given in Statistical Bulletin 5/92 which is available in the Library. In England in January 1991, 25 per cent. of the three and four-year-old population were in such schools or classes.
§ Mr. Geoffrey RobinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list the number of nursery places available per 1,000 children for each local education authority in England and Wales for the years 1990–91 and 1991–92.
§ Mr. ForthThe information requested is not collected centrally. Details of the number of pupils in nursery schools and classes in each local education authority in England in January 1991 is contained in Statistical Bulletin 5/92 which is available in the Library. Information for January 1992 is not available. Information on schools in Wales is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
Table A Secondary Schools LEA Eligible schools Number of ballots Votes in favour Votes against Avon 61 2 2 0 Barking 8 0 0 0 Barnet 21 3 3 0 Barnsley 15 2 0 2 Bedfordshire 31 9 6 3 Berkshire 55 9 9 0 Bexley 17 2 1 1 Birmingham 83 12 9 3 Bolton 18 1 1 0 Bradford 24 4 4 0 Brent 14 5 4 1 Bromley 17 13 12 1 Buckinghamshire 45 7 7 0 Bury 15 0 0 0 Calderdale 17 3 3 0 Cambridgeshire 45 11 8 3 Camden 11 0 0 0 Cheshire 72 7 3 4 City 0 0 0 0 Cleveland 53 1 0 1 Cornwall 32 0 0 0 Coventry 19 0 0 0 Croydon 22 4 3 1 Cumbria 44 9 9 0 Derbyshire 61 10 7 3 Devon 64 8 5 3 Doncaster 17 1 0 1 Dorset 41 11 11 0 Dudley 23 5 4 1 Durham 45 1 0 1 Ealing 13 8 6 2 Enfield 17 0 0 0 East Sussex 38 0 0 0 Essex 108 41 38 3 Gateshead 13 1 0 1