HC Deb 04 March 1996 vol 273 c66W
Ms Jowell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many places were provided in nurseries for children under three years of age in England for each year since 1990. [18248]

Mr. Bowis

Information available centrally on day nurseries relates to places for children aged under five and was published by the Department of Health in "Children's day care facilities at 31 March 1994, England, A/F 94/16".

Information on pupils aged two at the beginning of the school year and attending nursery classes in maintained primary schools or maintained nursery schools was published by the Department for Education and Employment in "Statistical Bulletin 1/96: Pupils Under Five Years of Age in Schools in England—January 1995".

Copies of both publications are available in the Library.