§ Mr. StrawTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many four-year-olds were in classes in infant schools in England, excluding four-year-olds in nursery classes of infant schools or in nursery schools in 1987 and 1991; and what percentage this was of the age group.
§ Mr. ForthThe information requested is given in the table.
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Pupils aged 4 attending infant classes in maintained infant schools in England. Position as at January each year. Number of pupils aged four1 As a percentage of the four year old population2 1987 71,025 18 1991 76,703 18 1 Ages as at previous 31 August—excluding the rising fives who by January will have reached the age of five. 2 Based on the estimated four-year-old population as at previous 31 August—again excluding the rising fives.