HC Deb 08 March 1993 vol 220 cc437-8W
Mrs. Bridget Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Education which five London boroughs currently have the highest percentage of children under five years registered as attending local authority funded nursery schools.

Mr. Forth

In January 1992, the latest date for which information is available, nine of the 33 boroughs in Greater London had no maintained nursery schools. Of the 24 authorities which did, the five with the highest percentages of under-fives attending maintained nursery schools were: Hammersmith and Fulham, 16 per cent.; Newham, 12 per cent.; Tower Hamlets, 11 per cent.; Greenwich, 10 per cent.; and Kensington and Chelsea, 9 per cent.

Mrs. Bridget Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what percentage of children aged under five years attended local authority funded nursery schools in London in(a) 1975, (b) 1980, (c) 1985 and (d) 1990;

(2)what percentage of children aged under five years in London attend local authority funded nursery schools.

Mr. Forth

In January 1980, 1985, 1990 and 1992—the latest date for which information is available—approximately 5 per cent. of the local population aged three and four attended maintained nursery schools in Greater London. The equivalent figure for January 1975 was approximately 4 per cent.