House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 23 May 2000 (pt 12)

Pre-school Education

Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many early childhood education places are provided for four-year-olds by maintained sector providers in each local education authority as part of their agreed Early Years Childcare and Education Development Partnerships. [122505]

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Ms Hodge: The information is not available in the form requested. The latest estimates of the number of four- year-olds educated in maintained nursery and primary schools by local education authority area is shown in the following table.

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Number of pupils (1) aged 4 (1) in maintained nursery and primary schools by local education authority area in EnglandJanuary 2000 (provisional)

Nursery schools Nursery classes in primary schools All pupils in nursery provision Other pupils aged 4 in Infant classes in primary schools All pupils aged 4 in nursery and primary schools

England 15,979 118,396 134,375 349,422 483,797

North East

Darlington 184 152 336 810 1,146

Durham 376 1,226 1,602 3,683 5,285

Gateshead 15 514 529 1,495 2,024

Hartlepool 12 384 396 838 1,234

Middlesbrough 0 613 613 1,244 1,857

Newcastle upon Tyne 165 694 859 1,914 2,773

North Tyneside 50 664 714 1,530 2,244

Northumberland 20 788 808 2,527 3,335

Redcar and Cleveland 0 537 537 1,118 1,655

South Tyneside 117 547 664 1,179 1,843

Stockton-on-Tees 0 658 658 1,460 2,118

Sunderland 249 778 1,027 2,271 3,298

North West and Merseyside 3,017 18,681 21,698 64,687 86,385

North West 2,660 14,942 17,602 53,757 71,359

Blackburn with Darwen 244 201 445 1,448 1,893

Blackpool 0 131 131 1,069 1,200

Bolton 127 680 807 2,169 2,976

Bury 18 457 475 1,393 1,868

Cheshire 56 863 919 5,040 5,959

Cumbria 178 922 1,100 3,573 4,673

Halton 104 112 216 1,016 1,232

Lancashire 805 1,057 1,862 8,743 10,605

Manchester 16 1,759 1,775 3,363 5,138

Oldham 0 817 817 2,025 2,842

Rochdale 292 376 668 1,779 2,447

Salford 64 1,057 1,121 1,514 2,635

Stockport 229 514 743 2,223 2,966

Tameside 66 671 737 1,828 2,565

Trafford 0 651 651 1,589 2,240

Warrington 44 315 359 1,623 1,982

Wigan 60 620 680 2,432 3,112

Merseyside 357 3,739 4,096 10,930 15,026

Knowsley 0 750 750 1,417 2,167

Liverpool 123 1,257 1,380 3,562 4,942

Sefton 97 682 779 2,056 2,835

St. Helens 56 450 506 1,440 1,946

Wirral 81 600 681 2,455 3,136

Yorkshire and The Humber 1,692 19,097 20,789 34,126 54,915

Barnsley 64 1,672 1,736 804 2,540

Bradford 148 1,599 1,747 4,342 6,089

Calderdale 0 651 651 1,681 2,332

Doncaster 0 1,159 1,159 2,422 3,581

East Riding of Yorkshire 295 641 936 1,828 2,764

Kingston-upon-Hull, City of 153 1,552 1,705 1,384 3,089

Kirklees 119 1,129 1,248 3,445 4,693

Leeds 0 2,277 2,277 5,538 7,815

North East Lincolnshire 160 747 907 909 1,816

North Lincolnshire 0 654 654 1,052 1,706

North Yorkshire 100 846 946 4,228 5,174

Rotherham 197 1,694 1,891 1,036 2,927

Sheffield 281 2,234 2,515 2,496 5,011

Wakefield 137 1,809 1,946 1,777 3,723

York 38 433 471 1,184 1,655

East Midlands 1,133 12,383 13,516 26,376 39,892

Derby 235 753 988 1,582 2,570

Derbyshire 257 1,727 1,984 5,459 7,443

Leicester 21 2,057 2,078 1,440 3,518

Leicestershire 27 67 94 3,978 4,072

Lincolnshire 151 539 690 5,072 5,762

Northamptonshire 214 866 1,080 5,193 6,273

Nottingham 138 2,308 2,446 739 3,185

Nottinghamshire 90 4,028 4,118 2,680 6,798

Rutland 0 38 38 233 271

West Midlands 1,869 13,062 14,931 42,212 57,143

Birmingham 658 2,921 3,579 8,930 12,509

Coventry 20 892 912 2,398 3,310

Dudley 28 867 895 2,539 3,434

Herefordshire 0 203 203 1,160 1,363

Sandwell 0 1,350 1,350 2,440 3,790

Shropshire 0 828 828 1,003 1,831

Solihull 0 716 716 1,812 2,528

Staffordshire 290 892 1,182 7,486 8,668

Stoke-on-Trent 196 686 882 1,798 2,680

Telford and Wrekin 96 801 897 677 1,574

Walsall 182 877 1,059 2,239 3,298

Warwickshire 229 512 741 3,810 4,551

Wolverhampton 155 807 962 1,944 2,906

Worcestershire 15 710 725 3,976 4,701

East of England 1,844 13,480 15,324 35,456 50,780

Bedfordshire 339 1,098 1,437 2,568 4,005

Cambridgeshire 186 421 607 4,103 4,710

Essex 98 1,848 1,946 8,404 10,350

Hertfordshire 749 4,201 4,950 6,749 11,699

Luton 213 1,292 1,505 983 2,488

Norfolk 121 938 1,059 5,737 6,796

Peterborough 58 96 154 1,459 1,613

Southend-on-Sea 0 317 317 1,164 1,481

Suffolk 80 2,806 2,886 3,396 6,282

Thurrock 0 463 463 893 1,356

Greater London 2,387 23,938 26,325 49,963 76,288

Inner London 1,352 8,161 9,513 19,646 29,159

Camden 27 350 377 972 1,349

City of London 0 11 11 12 23

Hackney 43 638 681 1,575 2,256

Hammersmith and Fulham 179 493 672 552 1,224

Haringey 74 814 888 1,933 2,821

Islington 70 474 544 1,393 1,937

Kensington and Chelsea 72 222 294 595 889

Lambeth 117 606 723 1,682 2,405

Lewisham 66 783 849 1,893 2,742

Newham 281 1,097 1,378 2,681 4,059

Southwark 153 767 920 2,163 3,083

Tower Hamlets 163 834 997 1,903 2,900

Wandsworth 49 586 635 1,622 2,257

Westminster 58 486 544 670 1,214

Outer London 1,035 15,777 16,812 30,317 47,129

Barking and Dagenham 0 705 705 1,516 2,221

Barnet 130 606 736 2,210 2,946

Bexley 0 690 690 1,909 2,599

Brent 53 820 873 1,920 2,793

Bromley 0 117 117 2,362 2,479

Croydon 185 771 956 2,783 3,739

Ealing 101 1,052 1,153 2,341 3,494

Enfield 0 656 656 2,422 3,078

Greenwich 216 1,307 1,523 956 2,479

Harrow 0 495 495 1,567 2,062

Havering 0 286 286 1,809 2,095

Hillingdon 31 1,990 2,021 937 2,958

Hounslow 0 767 767 1,668 2,435

Kingston upon Thames 37 329 366 962 1,328

Merton 0 1,071 1,071 796 1,867

Redbridge 0 815 815 2,008 2,823

Richmond upon Thames 15 235 250 1,136 1,386

Sutton 106 1,523 1,629 62 1,691

Waltham Forest 161 1,542 1,703 953 2,656

South East 2,646 10,223 12,869 51,787 64,656

Bracknell Forest 0 680 680 146 826

Brighton and Hove 55 307 362 1,620 1,982

Buckinghamshire 149 721 870 3,476 4,346

East Sussex 0 270 270 3,413 3,683

Hampshire 68 205 273 9,624 9,897

Isle of Wight 0 45 45 838 883

Kent 10 582 592 10,424 11,016

Medway 0 190 190 2,170 2,360

Milton Keynes 74 454 528 1,446 1,974

Oxfordshire 713 1,909 2,622 1,578 4,200

Portsmouth 19 191 210 1,452 1,662

Reading 323 788 1,111 114 1,225

Slough 354 639 993 389 1,382

Southampton 28 143 171 1,644 1,815

Surrey 166 1,020 1,186 7,596 8,782

West Berkshire 139 753 892 253 1,145

West Sussex 142 301 443 5,176 5,619

Windsor and Maidenhead 270 482 752 102 854

Wokingham 136 543 679 326 1,005

South West 560 3,716 4,276 35,676 39,952

Bath and North East Somerset 0 126 126 1,152 1,278

Bournemouth 0 122 122 976 1,098

Bristol, City of 451 640 1,091 2,801 3,892

Cornwall 47 639 686 3,502 4,188

Devon 47 715 738 4,454 5,192

Dorset 23 83 83 2,524 2,607

Gloucestershire 0 39 39 4,269 4,308

Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 13 13

North Somerset 0 85 85 1,380 1,465

Plymouth 39 273 312 1,803 2,115

Poole 0 48 48 961 1,009

Somerset 0 228 228 3,675 3,903

South Gloucestershire 0 157 157 2,274 2,431

Swindon 0 209 209 1,623 1,832

Torbay 0 198 198 898 1,096

Wiltshire 0 154 154 3,371 3,525

	Nursery schools	Nursery classes in primary schools	All pupils in nursery provision	Other pupils aged 4 in Infant classes in primary schools	All pupils aged 4 in nursery and primary schools
England	15,979	118,396	134,375	349,422	483,797

North East
Darlington	184	152	336	810	1,146
Durham	376	1,226	1,602	3,683	5,285
Gateshead	15	514	529	1,495	2,024
Hartlepool	12	384	396	838	1,234
Middlesbrough	0	613	613	1,244	1,857
Newcastle upon Tyne	165	694	859	1,914	2,773
North Tyneside	50	664	714	1,530	2,244
Northumberland	20	788	808	2,527	3,335
Redcar and Cleveland	0	537	537	1,118	1,655
South Tyneside	117	547	664	1,179	1,843
Stockton-on-Tees	0	658	658	1,460	2,118
Sunderland	249	778	1,027	2,271	3,298

North West and Merseyside	3,017	18,681	21,698	64,687	86,385
North West	2,660	14,942	17,602	53,757	71,359
Blackburn with Darwen	244	201	445	1,448	1,893
Blackpool	0	131	131	1,069	1,200
Bolton	127	680	807	2,169	2,976
Bury	18	457	475	1,393	1,868
Cheshire	56	863	919	5,040	5,959
Cumbria	178	922	1,100	3,573	4,673
Halton	104	112	216	1,016	1,232
Lancashire	805	1,057	1,862	8,743	10,605
Manchester	16	1,759	1,775	3,363	5,138
Oldham	0	817	817	2,025	2,842
Rochdale	292	376	668	1,779	2,447

Salford	64	1,057	1,121	1,514	2,635
Stockport	229	514	743	2,223	2,966
Tameside	66	671	737	1,828	2,565
Trafford	0	651	651	1,589	2,240
Warrington	44	315	359	1,623	1,982
Wigan	60	620	680	2,432	3,112

Merseyside	357	3,739	4,096	10,930	15,026
Knowsley	0	750	750	1,417	2,167
Liverpool	123	1,257	1,380	3,562	4,942
Sefton	97	682	779	2,056	2,835
St. Helens	56	450	506	1,440	1,946
Wirral	81	600	681	2,455	3,136

Yorkshire and The Humber	1,692	19,097	20,789	34,126	54,915
Barnsley	64	1,672	1,736	804	2,540
Bradford	148	1,599	1,747	4,342	6,089
Calderdale	0	651	651	1,681	2,332
Doncaster	0	1,159	1,159	2,422	3,581
East Riding of Yorkshire	295	641	936	1,828	2,764
Kingston-upon-Hull, City of	153	1,552	1,705	1,384	3,089
Kirklees	119	1,129	1,248	3,445	4,693
Leeds	0	2,277	2,277	5,538	7,815
North East Lincolnshire	160	747	907	909	1,816
North Lincolnshire	0	654	654	1,052	1,706
North Yorkshire	100	846	946	4,228	5,174
Rotherham	197	1,694	1,891	1,036	2,927
Sheffield	281	2,234	2,515	2,496	5,011
Wakefield	137	1,809	1,946	1,777	3,723
York	38	433	471	1,184	1,655

East Midlands	1,133	12,383	13,516	26,376	39,892
Derby	235	753	988	1,582	2,570
Derbyshire	257	1,727	1,984	5,459	7,443
Leicester	21	2,057	2,078	1,440	3,518
Leicestershire	27	67	94	3,978	4,072
Lincolnshire	151	539	690	5,072	5,762
Northamptonshire	214	866	1,080	5,193	6,273
Nottingham	138	2,308	2,446	739	3,185
Nottinghamshire	90	4,028	4,118	2,680	6,798
Rutland	0	38	38	233	271

West Midlands	1,869	13,062	14,931	42,212	57,143
Birmingham	658	2,921	3,579	8,930	12,509
Coventry	20	892	912	2,398	3,310
Dudley	28	867	895	2,539	3,434
Herefordshire	0	203	203	1,160	1,363
Sandwell	0	1,350	1,350	2,440	3,790
Shropshire	0	828	828	1,003	1,831
Solihull	0	716	716	1,812	2,528
Staffordshire	290	892	1,182	7,486	8,668
Stoke-on-Trent	196	686	882	1,798	2,680
Telford and Wrekin	96	801	897	677	1,574
Walsall	182	877	1,059	2,239	3,298
Warwickshire	229	512	741	3,810	4,551
Wolverhampton	155	807	962	1,944	2,906
Worcestershire	15	710	725	3,976	4,701

East of England	1,844	13,480	15,324	35,456	50,780
Bedfordshire	339	1,098	1,437	2,568	4,005
Cambridgeshire	186	421	607	4,103	4,710
Essex	98	1,848	1,946	8,404	10,350
Hertfordshire	749	4,201	4,950	6,749	11,699
Luton	213	1,292	1,505	983	2,488
Norfolk	121	938	1,059	5,737	6,796
Peterborough	58	96	154	1,459	1,613
Southend-on-Sea	0	317	317	1,164	1,481
Suffolk	80	2,806	2,886	3,396	6,282
Thurrock	0	463	463	893	1,356

Greater London	2,387	23,938	26,325	49,963	76,288

Inner London	1,352	8,161	9,513	19,646	29,159
Camden	27	350	377	972	1,349
City of London	0	11	11	12	23
Hackney	43	638	681	1,575	2,256
Hammersmith and Fulham	179	493	672	552	1,224
Haringey	74	814	888	1,933	2,821
Islington	70	474	544	1,393	1,937
Kensington and Chelsea	72	222	294	595	889
Lambeth	117	606	723	1,682	2,405
Lewisham	66	783	849	1,893	2,742
Newham	281	1,097	1,378	2,681	4,059
Southwark	153	767	920	2,163	3,083
Tower Hamlets	163	834	997	1,903	2,900
Wandsworth	49	586	635	1,622	2,257
Westminster	58	486	544	670	1,214

Outer London	1,035	15,777	16,812	30,317	47,129
Barking and Dagenham	0	705	705	1,516	2,221
Barnet	130	606	736	2,210	2,946
Bexley	0	690	690	1,909	2,599
Brent	53	820	873	1,920	2,793
Bromley	0	117	117	2,362	2,479
Croydon	185	771	956	2,783	3,739
Ealing	101	1,052	1,153	2,341	3,494
Enfield	0	656	656	2,422	3,078
Greenwich	216	1,307	1,523	956	2,479
Harrow	0	495	495	1,567	2,062
Havering	0	286	286	1,809	2,095
Hillingdon	31	1,990	2,021	937	2,958
Hounslow	0	767	767	1,668	2,435
Kingston upon Thames	37	329	366	962	1,328
Merton	0	1,071	1,071	796	1,867
Redbridge	0	815	815	2,008	2,823
Richmond upon Thames	15	235	250	1,136	1,386
Sutton	106	1,523	1,629	62	1,691
Waltham Forest	161	1,542	1,703	953	2,656

South East	2,646	10,223	12,869	51,787	64,656
Bracknell Forest	0	680	680	146	826
Brighton and Hove	55	307	362	1,620	1,982
Buckinghamshire	149	721	870	3,476	4,346
East Sussex	0	270	270	3,413	3,683
Hampshire	68	205	273	9,624	9,897
Isle of Wight	0	45	45	838	883
Kent	10	582	592	10,424	11,016
Medway	0	190	190	2,170	2,360
Milton Keynes	74	454	528	1,446	1,974
Oxfordshire	713	1,909	2,622	1,578	4,200
Portsmouth	19	191	210	1,452	1,662
Reading	323	788	1,111	114	1,225
Slough	354	639	993	389	1,382
Southampton	28	143	171	1,644	1,815
Surrey	166	1,020	1,186	7,596	8,782
West Berkshire	139	753	892	253	1,145
West Sussex	142	301	443	5,176	5,619
Windsor and Maidenhead	270	482	752	102	854
Wokingham	136	543	679	326	1,005

South West	560	3,716	4,276	35,676	39,952
Bath and North East Somerset	0	126	126	1,152	1,278
Bournemouth	0	122	122	976	1,098
Bristol, City of	451	640	1,091	2,801	3,892
Cornwall	47	639	686	3,502	4,188
Devon	47	715	738	4,454	5,192
Dorset	23	83	83	2,524	2,607
Gloucestershire	0	39	39	4,269	4,308

Isles of Scilly	0	0	0	13	13
North Somerset	0	85	85	1,380	1,465
Plymouth	39	273	312	1,803	2,115
Poole	0	48	48	961	1,009
Somerset	0	228	228	3,675	3,903
South Gloucestershire	0	157	157	2,274	2,431
Swindon	0	209	209	1,623	1,832
Torbay	0	198	198	898	1,096
Wiltshire	0	154	154	3,371	3,525

(1) Includes headcount of full-time and part-time pupils

(1) Ages at 31 December 1999

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