§ Mrs. Bridget PrenticeTo 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. ForthParticipation 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
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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 PrenticeTo 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. ForthInformation 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.
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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.