§ Mr. Laurence RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) if he will give parents of three-year-old children flexibility to use the 10 hours per week nursery voucher; and if he will make a statement; [149501]
(2) what assessment he has made of the number of children in (a) England and (b) Gloucestershire who attend nursery schools for 10 hours or more per week; and if he will make a statement. [149502]
§ Margaret HodgeThe Nursery Education Voucher scheme ended in May 1997. It was replaced by an entitlement to a free high quality nursery education
Number1 of free nursery education places taken up by three and four year olds in Gloucestershire Local Education Authority area and England Location Three year olds Four year olds Maintained nursery and primary schools2 Other maintained and private, voluntary and independent providers3 Maintained nursery and primary schools2 Other maintained and private, voluntary and independent pro viders4 Total 3 and 4 year olds5 Gloucestershire LEA 50 4,200 4,200 2,200 10,600 England 218,700 226,100 472,200 107,100 1,024,000 1 Part-time equivalent number of children. 2 Includes classes in maintained primary schools only. Gloucestershire does not have any maintained nursery schools. 3 Part-time equivalent number of children aged three at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Nursery Education Grant data collection exercise. 4 Part-time equivalent number of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Early Years Supplementary data collection exercise. 5 The totals do not add up to their constituent parts due to rounding.