HC Deb 05 May 1994 vol 242 cc606-8W
Mr. Robert Ainsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many pupils in primary schools, though not in designated nursery classes in January 1993, were born between 1 September 1986 and 31 August 1987, in each local education authority.

Mr. Robin Squire

The number of pupils aged five at the beginning of the school year 1992–93 being taught in infant classes in maintained primary schools in each local education authority area in England is shown in the table.

Pupils aged 5 at 31 August 1992 in infant classes in maintained primary schools in each Local Education Authority in England. Position as at January 1993
LEA Pupils
Corporation of London 26
Camden 1,465
Greenwich 2,924
Hackney 2,419
Hammersmith 1,292
Islington 2,106
Kensington and Chelsea 927
Lambeth 2,707
Lewisham 2,926
Southwark 3,086
Tower Hamlets 2,917
Wandsworth 2,329
Westminster 1,271
Barking 2,108
Barnet 3,312
Bexley 2,779
Brent 2,978
Bromley 3,247
Croydon 3,872
Ealing 3,543
Enfield 3,296
Haringey 2,512
Harrow 2,354
Havering 2,804
Hillingdon 2,792
Hounslow 2,595
Kingston upon Thames 1,416
Merton 1,927
Newham 3,610
Redbridge 2,788
Richmond upon Thames 1,561
Sutton 1,926
Waltham Forest 2,767
Birmingham 14,720
Coventry 4,213
Dudley 3,921
Sandwell 4,102
Solihull 2,611
Walsall 3,680
Wolverhampton 3,335
Knowsley 2,435
Liverpool 6,754
St. Helens 2,329
Sefton 3,606
Wirral 4,350
Bolton 3,550
Bury 2,335
Manchester 6,166
Oldham 3,252
Rochdale 2,985
Salford 3,028
Stockport 3,496
Tameside 3,105
Trafford 2,631
Wigan 4,091
Barnsley 2,887
Doncaster 4,180
Rotherham 3,418
Sheffield 6,112

LEA Pupils
Bradford 7,022
Calderdale 2,654
Kirklees 5,098
Leeds 8,982
Wakefield 4,227
Gateshead 2,365
Nwewcastle upon Tyne 3,363
North Tyneside 2,521
South Tyneside 2,138
Sunderland 4,049
Isles of Scilly 16
Avon 11,407
Bedfordshire 7,450
Berkshire 9,355
Buckinghamshire 8,142
Cambridgeshire 8,475
Cheshire 12,123
Cleveland 8,224
Cornwall 5,612
Cumbria 5,788
Derbyshire 11,500
Devon 11,775
Dorset 6,952
Durham 7,471
East Sussex 7,483
Essex 18,641
Gloucestershire 6,390
Hampshire 19,396
Hereford and Worcester 7,935
Hertfordshire 12,039
Humberside 11,701
Isle of Wight 1,433
Kent 18,938
Lancashire 18,356
Leicestershire 11,663
Lincolnshire 6,881
Norfolk 8,592
North Yorkshire 8,386
Northamptonshire 7,807
Northumberland 3,742
Nottinghamshire 12,766
Oxfordshire 6,585
Shropshire 5,135
Somerset 5,432
Staffordshire 13,394
Suffolk 7,636
Surrey 10,394
Warwickshire 6,006
West Sussex 7,657
Wiltshire 7,395
ENGLAND 596,366

Mr. Robert Ainsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many full-time equivalent pupils in non-designated nursery classes at the latest available date were born between(a) 1 September 1987 and 31 December 1987, (b) 1 January 1988 and 31 March 1988 and (c) 1 April 1988 and 31 August 1988.

Mr. Robin Squire

The number of full-time equivalent pupils aged four at the beginning of the school year 1992–93 being taught in infant classes in maintained primary schools in England in January 1993 is shown in the table.

Pupils aged 4 on 31 August 1992 in infant classes

in maintained primary schools in England

January 1993

Date of Birth FTE Pupils1
1 September 1987–31 December 1987 200,782
1 January 1988–31 March 1988 146,100
1 April 1988–31 August 1988 155,592

1 Part-time pupils count as 0.5.