§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children aged three and four years were in receipt of nursery education; and what percentage of the total number of children in that age group that constituted(a) in England and Wales and (b) in each education authority in each year since 1978–79.
§ Mr. Robin SquireInformation about the provision of nursery education in maintained nursery and primary schools in each local education authority in England in January 1993 is shown in the table. Similar information for years 1980 to 1992 is published in statistical bulletins, copies of which are available in the Library. National results for January 1979 are shown in statistical bulletin 5/81. Information for each LEA in January 1979 is not readily available. Information on schools in Wales is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
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Pupils under five in maintained nursery schools and nursery classes in maintained primary schools in each Local Education Authority in England January 1993 LEA Pupils in Nursery Schools and Nursery Classes1 Percentage of population Camden 1,073 27 Greenwich 3,245 48 Hackney 2,354 39 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,521 42 Islington 1,888 40 Kensington and Chelsea 886 30 Lambeth 2,456 34 Lewisham 2,620 38 Southwark 2,948 42 Tower Hamlets 3,100 53 Wandsworth 2,356 39 Westminster2 1,145 33 Barking 1,797 40 Barnet 2,456 30 Bexley 1,225 20 Brent 2,527 38 Bromley 172 2 Croydon 1,431 16 Ealing 3,323 44 Enfield 1,693 23 Haringey 2,670 47 Harrow 955 18 Havering 357 6 Hillingdon 3,242 48 Hounslow 2,425 42 Kingston upon Thames 1,132 33 Merton 2,677 57 Newham 4,927 64 Redbridge 1,104 18 Richmond upon Thames 745 18 Sutton 1,711 36 Waltham Forest 2,584 40 Birmingham 10,429 35 Coventry 2,266 26 Dudley 2,951 37 Sandwell 4,681 57 Solihull 1,802 35 Walsall 4,309 60 Wolverhampton 3,780 54 Knowsley 2,556 51 Liverpool 6,181 48 St. Helens 1,655 36 Sefton 2,470 32 Wirral 2,285 25 Bolton 3,058 40 Bury 1,505 30 Manchester 7,531 57 Oldham 2,473 38 Rochdale 2,049 33 Salford 3,411 54 Stockport 1,885 25 Tameside 2,499 39 Trafford 1,988 35 Wigan 2,138 25 Barnsley 2,955 50 Doncaster 3,397 41 Rotherham 3,162 44 Sheffield 5,768 44 Bradford 6,252 43 Calderdale 1,849 34 Kirklees 4,343 41 Leeds 8,979 46 Wakefield 4,427 50 Gateshead 1,861 37 Newcastle upon Tyne 3,016 43 North Tyneside 2,672 55 South Tyneside 2,208 53 Sunderland 3309 40 Avon 5,052 20 Bedfordshire 5,283 33 Berkshire 5,900 28 Buckinghamshire 2,683 15
LEA Pupils in Nursery Schools and Nursery Classes1 Percentage of population Cambridgeshire 2,205 12 Cheshire 5,526 21 Cleveland 9,312 57 Cornwall3 1,674 14 Cumbria 3,035 25 Derbyshire 9,467 39 Devon 2,790 11 Dorset 810 5 Durham 7,072 46 East Sussex52 1,465 8 Essex 2,549 6 Gloucestershire 0 0 Hampshire 1,959 5 Hereford and Worcester 1,296 7 Hertfordshire 8,409 31 Humberside 9,118 38 Isle of Wight 186 7 Kent 2,008 5 Lancashire 7,239 19 Leicestershire 5,473 22 Lincolnshire 1,431 10 Norfolk 861 5 North Yorkshire 3,713 21 Northamptonshire 2,852 17 Northumberland 3,044 40 Nottinghamshire 13,498 49 Oxfordshire 2,635 17 Shropshire 1,897 17 Somerset 322 3 Staffordshire 6,787 24 Suffolk 3,097 17 Surrey 2,860 11 Warwickshire 2,179 17 West Sussex 796 5 Wiltshire 586 4 ENGLAND 339,914 26 1 Excludes pupils who became five years of age by 1 January 1993. 2 Includes Corporation of London. 3 Includes Isles of Scilly.