§ Mr. Ronnie CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what percentage of children under five years in Northumberland received nursery education in 1979 and the latest available year.
§ Mr. ForthIn 1979 approximately 12 per cent. of the local three and four-year-old population attended maintained nursery schools or nursery classes in maintained primary schools in Northumberland. In 1991—the latest year for which information on participation rates is available—the figure was 31 per cent.