§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children in Leeds, West constituency had places in(a) day nurseries and (b) school nurseries in each of the last 10 years. [122673]
§ Mr. MilibandThe information is not available in the form requested. The available information is shown in the table.
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Number of places at day nurseries and children at maintained nursery schools—Leeds local authority area 1994 to 2003 Number of places Headcount of children Day nurseries1 Full day care2 Maintained nursery schools3 1994 n/a n/a 92 1995 n/a n/a 77 1996 n/a n/a 53 1997 n/a n/a 39 1998 3,500 n/a 46 1999 3,900 n/a 0 2000 5,100 n/a 0 2001 4,400 n/a 0 2002 n/a n/a 0 2003 n/a 5,700 0 n/a = Not available 1 Children's day care facilities 2 Ofsted 3 Annual Schools' Census Information on the number of places in day nurseries is not available at parliamentary constituency level. Information on the number of pupils in nursery schools at parliamentary constituency level is not available prior to 1998. From 1998, there were no nursery schools in Leeds, West parliamentary constituency.
Day care figures for 2001 and earlier years for England and Government Office regions were published in DfES Statistical Bulletin 08/01 "Children's Day Care Facilities at 31 March 2001", which is available in the Library and on the DfES website, www.dfes.gov.uk/statistics. Figures for 2001 for out of school clubs and holiday schemes have recently been revised. Latest child care statistics were published in a report by Ofsted
Number of three and four year olds1, 2, 3 by type of early years education provider—England Position in January each year 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 (provisional estimates) Private and voluntary providers4 Number of three year olds n/a 268,800 285,100 283,200 5327,700 Number of four year olds 95,100 96,000 101,100 96,500 5117,500 Total number of three and four year olds n/a 364,800 386,200 379,800 5445,200 Independent schools Number of three year olds n/a 25,900 27,200 27,400 26,300 Number of four year olds 28,700 28,500 28,300 29,400 28,500 Total number of three and four year olds n/a 54,400 55,500 56,800 54,800 Maintained nursery and primary schools Number of three year olds n/a 229,900 226,800 223,500 218,500 Number of four year olds 496,400 483,700 482,800 477,700 472,200 Total number of three and four year olds n/a 713,600 709,600 701,200 690,700 Special schools6 Number of three year olds n/a 2,300 2,300 2,100 1,900 Number of four year olds 2,900 2,700 2,700 2,700 2,500 Total number of three and four year olds n/a 4,900 5,000 4,800 4,500 All providers7 Number of three year olds n/a 526,900 541,300 536,300 5574,400 Number of four year olds 623,100 610,900 614,900 606,300 5620,700 Total number of three and four year olds n/a 1,137,700 1,156,300 1,142,700 51,195,200 n/a = Not available. 1 Headcount of children aged three and four at 31 December in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest 100. 2 Numbers of three and four year olds in schools may include some two-year-olds. 3 Any child attending mere than one provider may have been counted twice 4 Includes some local authority providers (other than schools) registered to receive nursery education grants; excludes independent schools and providers not registered to receive nursery education grants. 5 Scaled up from the data as returned by providers to all providers of early years education. 6 Includes general hospital schools. 7 Rounding of components may cause discrepancies in totals.
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Number of schools with pupils aged 3 or 41 Sefton LEA England Position in January each year: 2000 to 20032 2000 2001 2002 20032 2000 2001 2002 20032 Nursery Schools Number of schools 4 4 4 4 514 506 494 471 Primary Schools Number of schools 86 86 86 86 15,844 15,847 15,868 15,830 Special Schools3 Number of schools 4 4 4 3 599 586 584 579 Independent Schools Number of schools 6 6 6 6 1,509 1,498 1,494 1,441 Direct Grant Nursery Schools Number of school 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 Includes pupils aged under 3. 2 Provisional. 3 Includes both maintained and non-maintained special schools 'Registered Childcare Providers and Places in England, 31 March 2003', which is available on the Ofsted website, www.ofsted.gov.uk/publications.