HC Deb 01 February 2002 vol 379 cc627-9W
Ms Atherton

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many three-year-olds attended Government-funded pre-school education in(a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999 and (d) 2000 in the Falmouth and Camborne constituency. [26200]

Mrs. Gillan

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many three-year-olds attended Government-funded pre-school education in Chesham and Amersham in(a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999 and (d) 2000. [27122]

Mr. Randall

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many three-year-olds attended Government-funded pre-school education in the Uxbridge constituency in each of the last four years. [27266]

Margaret Hodge

The information is not available in the form requested. Figures for other maintained1 and private, voluntary and independent providers are not collected at parliamentary constituency level.

The available information on children taking up free early education places at:

  1. (1) maintained nursery and primary schools, and
  2. (2) other maintained and private, voluntary and independent providers.

In each local education authority area in England in each year from 1997 to 2001 is shown in a table on the Department's statistical website. The table "Numbers of 3 and 4-year-olds taking up free early education places: 1997–2001" can be found at www.dfes.gov.uk/statistics/DB/SBU/b0300/index.html.

1 Includes some local authority providers (other than schools) that are registered to receive nursery education grant e.g. local authority day nurseries.