§ Sue DoughtyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many three-year-olds had free early years education places providing five or more sessions of education per week in each year since 1997, broken down by Local Education Authority. [104599]
§ Maria Eagle[holding answer 24 March 2003]: The information requested has been placed in the Library.
The latest figures on early years provision in England were published by my Department in the Statistical Bulletin 08/02 "Provision For Children Under Five Years Of Age In England—January 2002", copies of which are available from the Library and my Department's web-site, www.dfes.gov.uk/statistics.