HC Deb 25 January 1994 vol 236 c174W
Mr. Austin-Walker

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list the number of full-time equivalent places in nursery education for each of the London boroughs; and what proportion of under-fives in each borough attend a nursery school or class.

Mr. Robin Squire

I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave to the right hon. Member for Derby, South (Mrs. Beckett) on 21 January 1994,Official Report, columns 857–59, which gave the latest information about the numbers of pupils below compulsory school age and under-fives participation rates in maintained nursery provision in each local education authority in England. Information about nursery places is not held centrally.