§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the number and percentage of children under the age of five years who have a place in(a) reception classes in schools, (b) nursery classes in schools and (c) nursery schools by each local education authority area and nationally. [9060]
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe available information on pupils aged under five in maintained nursery and primary schools in each local education authority in England is shown in the table:
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Provision of education for under. fives in maintained nursery and primary schools in each Local Education Authority area in England—January 1995 Nursery schools Primary schools Nursery, classes Infant classes3 Pupils1 Percentage of population2 Pupils1 Percentage of population2 Pupils1 Percentage of population2 Birmingham 2,411 8 8,538 27 10,019 31 Coventry 141 2 1,984 22 2,788 31 Dudley 70 1 2,992 36 2,707 33 Sandwell 128 1 4,537 53 2,840 33 Solihull 0 0 1,880 36 1,949 37 Walsall 839 11 3,557 47 2,465 33 Wolverhampton 848 12 3,050 42 2,262 31 Knowsley 0 0 3,003 61 1,679 34 Liverpool 564 4 5,698 42 4,483 33 St. Helens 80 2 1,605 33 1,574 33 Sefton 318 4 2,440 32 2,507 32 Wirral 319 4 1,954 22 2,933 33 Bolton 491 6 2,694 35 2,618 34 Bury 159 3 1,379 27 1,595 31 Manchester 542 4 7,039 50 2,429 17 Oldham 0 0 2,458 37 2,236 34 Rochdale 912 14 1,233 19 2,112 32 Salford 1,075 16 2,456 37 2,264 34 Stockport 936 12 1,146 15 2,483 33 Tameside 281 4 2,287 35 2,135 33 Trafford 0 0 2,526 42 1,919 32 Wigan 190 2 1,986 23 2,732 32 Barnsley 181 3 2,812 45 1,101 18 Doncaster 0 0 3,667 45 2,817 34 Rotherham 403 6 2,924 40 1,160 16 Sheffield 851 6 4,849 35 2,438 18 Bradford 521 3 5,965 40 4,135 28 Calderdale 0 0 1,946 36 1,866 35 Kirklees 548 5 3,890 35 3,509 31 Leeds 77 0 9,170 46 5,730 29 Wakefield 481 5 4,363 49 1,770 20 Gateshead 73 1 1,801 35 1,653 32 Newcastle upon Tyne 622 8 2,295 31 2,289 31 North Tyneside 226 5 2,468 51 1,682 35 South Tyneside 454 11 1,781 43 1,388 33 Sunderland 1,042 13 2,405 29 2,611 31 Avon 1,799 7 3,434 14 7,930 32 Bedfordshire 1,476 9 3,744 23 2,918 18 Berkshire 2,203 10 4,657 22 777 4 Buckinghamshire 571 3 2,469 13 3,100 17 Cambridge 734 4 1,497 8 5,842 31 Cheshire 869 3 4,614 18 8,323 32 Cleveland 154 1 9,368 59 5,241 33 Cornwall4 11l 1 1,555 14 3,617 32 Cumbria 817 7 2,224 18 4,066 33 Derbyshire 1,573 6 8,132 32 5,768 23 Devon 315 1 2,697 11 4,240 17 Dorset 0 0 841 6 5,000 33 Durham 2,618 16 4,645 29 5,112 32 East Sussex 258 2 1,367 8 5,186 30 Essex 300 1 2,386 6 8,694 21 Gloucestershire 0 0 27 0 4,616 33 Hampshire 339 1 1,638 4 13,645 32 Hereford and Worcester 0 0 1,682 9 2,953 16 Hertfordshire 1,743 6 7,780 28 5,374 19 Humberside 1,163 5 8,080 33 5,400 22 Isle of Wight 0 0 175 7 922 35 Kent 83 0 2,125 5 13,509 33 Lancashire 3,664 9 4,466 11 12,867 33 Leicestershire 51 0 5,219 20 4,762 19 Lincolnshire 531 4 1,536 11 4,912 34 Norfolk 404 2 857 5 5,646 31 North Yorkshire 373 2 3,512 20 5,362 30 Northamptonshire 616 4 2,429 14 5,478 32 Northumberland 128 2 2,923 40 2,498 34 Nottinghamshire 595 2 13,169 48 2,099 8 Oxfordshire 1,079 6 2,148 13 1,317 8 Shropshire 176 2 1,844 17 2,127 19 Somerset 0 0 587 5 3,901 33
Provision of education for under. fives in maintained nursery and primary schools in each Local Education Authority area in England—January 1995 Nursery schools Primary schools Nursery classes Infant classes3 Pupils1 Percentage of population2 Pupils1 Percentage of population2 Pupils1 Percentage of population2 Staffordshire 2,077 7 4,976 18 9,068 32 Suffolk 101 1 2,977 17 2,591 15 Surrey 428 2 2,635 10 7,078 27 Warwickshire 759 6 1,425 11 4,228 33 West Sussex 434 2 811 5 3,011 17 Wiltshire 0 0 577 4 3,388 21 England4 5 52,558 4 303,462 23 343,824 26 1Excludes pupils who became 5 years of age by 1 January 1995. 2Pupils aged 3 and 4 years old expressed as a percentage of the 3 and 4 year old population at 31 December 1994. 3Includes reception and other classes. 4Includes the Isle of Scilly. 5Includes the Corporation of London.