§ Mr. SteinbergTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many three-year-olds and four-year-olds there are in nursery classes in schools, not including primary reception classes, in each local education authority in England and Wales; and what percentage this represents of the population in those age groups for the latest figures available.
§ Mr. ForthInformation about the number of pupils under five years of age being taught in nursery classes in maintained primary schools in each local education authority area in England in January 1994 is shown in the table. Under fives provision in Wales is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
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Pupils under five years of age in nursery classes in maintained primary schools in each LEA in England January 1994 LEA Pupils1 Percentage of population Camden 794 20 Greenwich 2,354 34 Hackney 2,038 33 Hammersmith and Fulham 898 24 Islington 1,134 28 Kensington and Chelsea 560 17 Lambeth 1,742 25 Lewisham 2,264 32 Southwark 2,038 29 Tower Hamlets 2,088 36 Wandsworth 1,885 28 Westminster3 880 23 Barking and Dagenham 1,833 40 Barnet 1,669 20 Bexley 1,373 22 Brent 2,270 33 Bromley 156 2 Croydon 1,080 11 Ealing 2,720 34 Enfield 1,622 22 Haringey 2,223 38 Harrow 1,003 19 Havering 454 8 Hillingdon 3,049 45 Hounslow 2,493 43 Kingston upon Thames 851 24 Merton 2,142 44 Newham 3,496 44 Redbridge 1,156 19 Richmond upon Thames 723 17 730W
Pupils under five years of age in nursery classes in maintained primary schools in each LEA in England January 1994 LEA Pupils1 Percentage of population Sutton 1,603 34 Waltham Forest 2,270 34 Birmingham 7,935 26 Coventry 1,837 21 Dudley 2,390 29 Sandwell 3,687 44 Solihull 1,837 35 Walsall 2,943 40 Wolverhampton 2,478 35 Knowsley 2,059 42 Liverpool 4,597 37 St, Helens 1,401 30 Sefton 1,746 22 Wirral 1,894 21 Bolton 2,255 29 Bury 1,341 26 Manchester 6,441 48 Oldham 2,429 37 Rochdale 1,174 18 Salford 2,511 40 Stockport 1,007 13 Tameside 1,991 31 Trafford 1,872 33 Wigan 1,898 22 Barnsley 2,665 45 Doncaster 3,427 41 Rotherham 2,822 39 Sheffield 4,640 35 Bradford 5,146 35 Calderdale 1,834 34 Kirklees 3,425 32 Leeds 7,139 37 Wakefield 3,857 43 Gateshead 1,514 30 Newcastle upon Tyne 2,318 33 North Tyneside 2,005 42 South Tyneside 1,537 37 Sunderland 2,237 28 Avon 3,334 13 Bedfordshire 3,906 24 Berkshire 4,181 19 Buckinghamshire 2,152 12 Cambridgeshire 1,452 8 Cheshire 3,791 14 Cleveland 6,815 42 Cornwall2 1,466 12 Cumbria 2,223 18 Derbyshire 7,440 30 Devon 2,395 9 Dorset 741 5 Durham 3,949 25 East Sussex 1,178 7 Essex 2,218 5 Gloucestershire — — Hampshire 1,554 4 Hereford and Worcester 1,276 7 Hertfordshire 7,074 26 Humberside 7,414 31 Isle of Wight 143 5 Kent 1,723 4 Lancashire 3,870 10 Leicestershire 5,093 20 Lincolnshire 1,165 8 Norfolk 466 3 North Yorkshire 3,222 18 Northamptonshire 2,308 14 Northumberland 2,318 30 Nottinghamshire 11,995 43 Oxfordshire 1,768 11 Shorpshire 1,784 16 Somerset 425 3
Pupils under five years of age in nursery classes in maintained primary schools in each LEA in England January 1994 LEA Pupils1 Percentage of population Staffordshire 4,560 16 Suffolk 2,906 16 Surrey 2,349 9 Warwickshire 1,301 10 West Sussex 518 3 Wiltshire 548 3 England2 3 268,361 21 1 Excludes pupils who became five years of age by 1 January 1994. 2 Includes the Isles of Scilly. 3 Includes the Corporation of London.