HC Deb 24 May 1993 vol 225 cc381-3W
Mrs. Bridget Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list, for each Greater London borough, the percentages of children under five years old currently registered in nursery places(a) in 1986, (b) in 1988, (c) in 1990, (d) in 1992 and (e) at the latest date for which figures are available.

Mr. Forth

Participation rates in each local education authority in Greater London in 1986, 1988, 1990 and 1992—the latest date for which information is available—are shown in the table.

Because of recent revisions to the population estimates to take account of the provisional results of the 1991 census of population, the participation rates for 1992 are not directly comparable at the LEA level with those for earlier years.

Estimated percentages of the local 3 and 4-year-old population attending maintained nursery schools and nursery classes in maintained primary schools in Greater London (1986 to 1992)
Position in January of each year
Participation rates (percentages)
1986 1988 1990 1992
Camden 26
Greenwich 47
Hackney 36
Hammersmith and Fulham 42
Islington 38
Kensington and Chelsea 29
Lambeth 31
Lewisham 37
Southwark 39
Tower Hamlets 44
Wandsworth 37
Westminster1 31

Pupils aged under five in maintained nursery schools and in nursery classes in maintained primary schools in each local education authority in Greater London—January 1992.
Nursery schools Nursery classes in primary schools
schools pupils schools pupils
Camden 3 191 24 821
Greenwich 6 682 48 2,421
Hackney 2 165 50 2,047
Hammersmith and Fulham 6 574 23 935
Islington 3 268 39 1,529
Kensington and Chelsea 4 263 18 563
Lambeth 5 447 44 1,847
Lewisham 2 231 51 2,338
Southwark 5 484 51 2,223
Tower Hamlets 7 695 53 1,992
Wandsworth 3 209 47 2,002
Westminster1 3 165 24 913
Barking 32 1,750
Barnet 4 512 36 1,839
Bexley 1 180 18 947
Brent 4 239 46 2,151
Bromley 3 154
Croydon 4 453 11 706
Ealing 6 589 44 2,657
Enfield 25 1,484
Haringey 3 214 44 2,332
Harrow 19 958
Havering 4 247
Hillingdon 1 120 47 3,030
Hounslow 43 2,469

Participation rates (percentages)
1986 1988 1990 1992
ILEA2 40 38 35
Barking 37 31 35 40
Barnet 30 29 29 29
Bexley 12 14 15 19
Brent 34 33 32 35
Bromley 1 2 2 2
Croydon 7 7 7 13
Ealing 35 34 35 43
Enfield 21 21 20 21
Haringey 41 40 38 43
Harrow 16 16 16 17
Havering 4 4 4 4
Hillingdon 44 46 49 48
Hounslow 69 69 66 42
Kingston upon Thames 30 31 31 35
Merton 36 39 40 57
Newham 63 58 54 58
Redbridge 8 10 13 16
Richmond upon Thames 16 17 19 18
Sutton 17 20 31 36
Waltham Forest 38 40 35 40
Greater London 32 31 31 33
1 Includes Corporation of London.
2 Information was not collected prior to 1991 for the individual boroughs which comprised the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA).

Mrs. Bridget Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many schools in each London borough currently provide nursery classes; and how many children attend such classes.

Mr. Forth

Information about the number of maintained nursery schools and maintained primary schools with designated nursery classes in each local education authority in Greater London and the numbers of pupils aged under five who attended such classes in January 1992 are shown in the table.

Nursery schools Nursery classes in primary schools
schools pupils schools pupils
Kingston upon Thames 2 242 15 931
Merton 36 2,593
Newham 8 947 45 3,498
Redbridge 17 987
Richmond upon Thames 1 71 12 635
Sutton 2 240 25 1,444
Waltham Forest 4 321 34 2,181
Greater London 89 8,502 1,028 52,624
1 Includes Corporation of London.

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