§ Mr. DowdTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what are the latest figures his Department has on the number of three and four-year-olds in each London borough; and how many of them are in nursery schools and classes.
§ Mr. ForthThe information requested is given in the following table.
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Estimated 3 and 4 year old population and pupil numbers and participation rates in maintained nursery and primary schools in London at January 1992 Population estimates1 Pupil numbers Participation rates2 (percentage) Camden 4,000 1,012 26 Greenwich 6,600 3,103 47 Hackney 6,200 2,212 36 Hammersmith and Fulham 3,600 1,509 42 Islington 4,700 1,797 38 Kensington and Chelsea 2,800 826 29 Lambeth 7,400 2,294 31 Lewisham 6,900 2,569 37 Southwark 6,900 2,707 39 Tower Hamlets 6,100 2,687 44 Wandsworth 6,000 2,211 37 Westminster3 3,400 1,078 31 Barking and Dagenham 4,400 1,750 40 Barnet 8,000 2,351 29 Bexley 6,000 1,127 19 Brent 6,800 2,390 35 Bromley 7,200 154 2 Croydon 8,800 1,159 13 Ealing 7,600 3,246 43 Enfield 7,200 1,484 21 Haringey 5,900 2,546 43 Harrow 5,500 958 17 Havering 6,000 247 4 Hillingdon 6,500 3,150 48 Hounslow 5,900 2,469 42 Kingston upon Thames 3,300 1,173 35 Merton 4,500 2,593 57 Newham 7,700 4,445 58 Redbridge 6,000 987 16 Richmond upon Thames 4,000 706 18 Sutton 4,700 1,684 36 Waltham Forest 6,200 2,502 40 Greater London 186,700 61,126 33 1 Rounded to the nearest 100. 2 Calculated on unrounded population estimates. 3 Includes City LEA.