§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children have attended pre-schools in each year since 1973; how many pre-schools there were in(a) England and (b) Sefton in (i) 2000, (ii) 2001 and (iii) 2002; and how many there are in 2003. [122300]
§ Mr. MilibandThe information is not available in the form requested. The available information for 1999 onwards is shown in the tables.
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Nursery Schools and Early Years Private and Voluntary Providers—England and Sefton local education authority area Number of nursery schools Position in January each year England Sefton 1999 522 4 2000 516 4 2001 508 4 2001 496 4 Additionally, there were 19,400 private and voluntary providers in England in January 2003, of which 80 were located in the Sefton local education authority area.
School information prior to 1999 is available in the Statistical Volume 'Schools in England 2002', a copy of which is available from the Library. The latest figures on three and four-year-olds in early years education providers were published by the Department in the Statistical First Release "Provision for Children Under Five Years of Age in England: January 2003 (provisional) (15/2003)" in May 2003. Copies of both are available from the Library and electronically from the Department's website (www.dfes.gov.uk/statistics).