House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 5 Nov 2001 (pt 14)

GCSE Passes

Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils attained five or more GCSE passes at grades A-C, by social class, in (a) grammar schools and (b) comprehensive schools in each of the past five years. [11629]

Mr. Ivan Lewis: The primary source of information on GCSE attainment broken down by school type and personal characteristics is the youth cohort study (YCS). The YCS is run in alternate years; estimates for the proportion who gained five or more A*-C grades at GCSE in 1995, 1997 and 1999 are provided in the table.

Percentage

Schools Non manual background Manual background

1995

Grammar 94 87

Comprehensive 59 33

1997

Grammar 95 92

Comprehensive 60 34

1999

Grammar ⁽¹⁶⁾— ⁽¹⁶⁾—

Comprehensive 60 39

Schools	Non manual background	Manual background
1995
Grammar	94	87
Comprehensive	59	33
1997
Grammar	95	92
Comprehensive	60	34
1999
Grammar	⁽¹⁶⁾—	⁽¹⁶⁾—
Comprehensive	60	39

⁽¹⁶⁾ Figures for Grammar schools in 1999 are not available

These estimates include schools in England and Wales only, and exclude independent and modern schools.

Nuclear Engineering Degrees

Mr. Whittingdale: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list those universities offering a course in nuclear engineering; and if she will make a statement. [11765]

Margaret Hodge: No universities currently offer an undergraduate course specifically in nuclear engineering. However, a report by the Health and Safety Executive/ Nuclear Installations Inspectorate in October 2000, "Nuclear Education and Research in British Universities",

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listed eight higher education institutions (HEIs) offering undergraduate courses with nuclear engineering modules. Those were:

University of Birmingham

University of Cambridge

City University

Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine

University of Liverpool

University of Manchester

University of Plymouth

University of Sheffield.

The following 12 institutions offered masters courses relevant to nuclear education:

University of Birmingham

City University

Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine

University of Liverpool

Loughborough University

Middlesex University

University of Plymouth

Queen Mary and Westfield College, London

Royal Navy School of Marine and Air Engineering, HMS Sultan (Department of Nuclear Science and Technology)

University of Surrey

University of Wales, Swansea

University College London.

The HSE/NII report is expected to be updated during the second half of 2002.

Schools (Worcestershire)

Mr. Luff: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills over what transitional period the new funding formula for Worcestershire schools will be phased in; and if she will make a statement. [11882]

Mr. Timms [holding answer 1 November 2001]: We are continuing to work on the new funding system with external partners: no decisions have been made on the period over which the new system will need to be phased in.

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Teachers (Ethnic Minorities)

Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teachers from ethnic minorities have entered the profession in each of the last three years for which figures are available. [11999]

Mr. Timms: This information is not collected centrally.

Literacy and Numeracy

Mr. Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which local education authorities had agreed new targets in literacy and numeracy for 11-year-olds by 26 October; and what the targets were in each case. [12090]

Mr. Timms [holding answer 2 November 2001]: The new 2004 targets for literacy and numeracy will be agreed as part of the education development plan approval process in the early part of next year.

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Three-year-olds

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many places were provided for three-year-olds in each local education authority in (a) 1999–2000 and (b) 2000–01 (i) in LEA-funded settings, (ii) in Government-funded settings and (iii) in other settings; and how many were taken up in each category. [12242]

Mr. Timms [holding answer 2 November 2001]: The available information on the numbers of three-year-olds in free early years education places in each local education authority area is shown in the following table. The table shows the numbers of three-year-olds taking up: 1. Local education authority funded places; 2. Places funded directly by Government in the private, voluntary and independent sectors including places in settings run by the local authority rather than the local education authority, e.g. social services.

Number of three-year-olds taking up free early years education places, England, Government Office regions and each local education authority area 2000–01—Position in January each year

2000 2001

LEA name Maintained⁽¹⁷⁾ Private, voluntary and independent providers and other LA provisions⁽¹⁸⁾ All Maintained⁽¹⁷⁾ Private, voluntary and independent providers and other LA provision⁽¹⁸⁾ All

England 229,883 40,309 270,192 226,634 108,813 335,447

North East 22,337 2,245 24,582 21,871 3,288 25,159

Darlington 975 0 975 919 49 968

Durham⁽¹⁹⁾ 3,845 331 4,176 3,850 612 4,462

Gateshead⁽¹⁹⁾ 1,412 562 1,974 1,342 593 1,935

Hartlepool⁽¹⁹⁾ 1,063 36 1,099 961 34 995

Middlesbrough⁽¹⁹⁾ 1,727 53 1,780 1,849 115 1,964

Newcastle upon Tyne⁽¹⁹⁾ 1,757 715 2,472 1,773 857 2,630

North Tyneside⁽¹⁹⁾ 1,793 54 1,847 1,767 232 1,999

Northumberland 2,118 0 2,118 2,139 136 2,275

Redcar and Cleveland⁽¹⁹⁾ 1,795 2 1,797 1,601 14 1,615

South Tyneside⁽¹⁹⁾ 1,391 81 1,472 1,450 143 1,593

Stockton-on-Tees⁽¹⁹⁾ 1,911 67 1,978 1,813 100 1,913

Sunderland⁽¹⁹⁾ 2,550 344 2,894 2,407 404 2,811

North West 41,335 9,156 50,491 39,566 20,727 60,293

Blackburn with Darwen⁽¹⁹⁾ 1,041 381 1,422 966 679 1,645

Blackpool⁽¹⁹⁾ 323 1,271 1,594 314 1,075 1,389

Bolton⁽¹⁹⁾ 2,155 796 2,951 2,088 926 3,014

Bury 1,045 0 1,045 1,046 91 1,137

Cheshire 2,246 0 2,246 2,172 783 2,955

Cumbria 2,418 0 2,418 2,410 1,138 3,548

Halton⁽¹⁹⁾ 623 565 1,188 542 577 1,119

Knowsley⁽¹⁹⁾ 2,066 73 2,139 1,847 133 1,980

Lancashire 4,253 0 4,253 4,199 5,155 9,354

Liverpool⁽¹⁹⁾ 3,890 1,297 5,187 3,648 1,310 4,958

Manchester⁽¹⁹⁾ 4,078 522 4,600 3,890 713 4,603

Oldham⁽¹⁹⁾ 1,525 846 2,371 1,507 1,048 2,555

Rochdale⁽¹⁹⁾ 1,387 885 2,272 1,287 966 2,253

Salford⁽¹⁹⁾ 2,047 147 2,194 1,836 247 2,083

Sefton⁽¹⁹⁾ 2,078 289 2,367 2,103 778 2,881

St. Helens⁽¹⁹⁾ 1,102 362 1,464 1,084 495 1,579

Stockport 1,625 0 1,625 1,703 87 1,790

Tameside⁽¹⁹⁾ 1,646 516 2,162 1,580 581 2,161

Trafford 1,580 0 1,580 1,497 196 1,693

Warrington 963 0 963 889 1,099 1,988

Wigan 1,513 0 1,513 1,358 1,194 2,552

Wirral⁽¹⁹⁾ 1,731 1,206 2,937 1,600 1,455 3,055

Yorkshire and The Humber 32,541 7,204 39,745 31,804 15,222 47,026

Barnsley⁽¹⁹⁾ 1,404 226 1,630 1,356 529 1,885

Bradford⁽¹⁹⁾ 4,747 805 5,552 4,520 1,197 5,717

Calderdale 1,305 0 1,305 1,184 666 1,850

Doncaster⁽¹⁹⁾ 2,219 110 2,329 2,249 161 2,410

East Riding of Yorkshire 1,033 0 1,033 1,024 138 1,162

Kingston-upon-Hull, City of⁽¹⁹⁾ 2,111 460 2,571 2,036 517 2,553

Kirklees⁽¹⁹⁾ 2,618 407 3,025 2,489 1,488 3,977

Leeds⁽¹⁹⁾ 5,874 1,779 7,653 5,642 1,786 7,428

North East Lincolnshire⁽¹⁹⁾ 998 521 1,519 933 554 1,487

North Lincolnshire 585 0 585 637 536 1,173

North Yorkshire 1,796 0 1,796 1,705 3,218 4,923

Rotherham⁽¹⁹⁾ 1,447 724 2,171 1,364 875 2,239

Sheffield⁽¹⁹⁾ 2,932 1,815 4,747 3,372 2,030 5,402

Wakefield⁽¹⁹⁾ 2,684 358 3,042 2,592 611 3,203

York⁽¹⁹⁾ 788 0 788 701 916 1,617

East Midlands 19,896 1,621 21,517 19,103 8,321 27,424

Derby 1,934 0 1,934 1,845 859 2,704

Derbyshire 4,243 0 4,243 4,016 3,099 7,115

Leicester⁽¹⁹⁾ 2,335 964 3,299 2,146 1,112 3,258

Leicestershire 87 0 87 129 639 768

Lincolnshire 1,785 0 1,785 1,749 41 1,790

Northamptonshire 2,299 0 2,299 2,294 835 3,129

Nottingham⁽¹⁹⁾ 2,653 657 3,310 2,509 700 3,209

Nottinghamshire 4,461 0 4,461 4,328 1,008 5,336

Rutland 99 0 99 87 30 117

West Midlands 30,935 5,188 36,123 30,441 9,450 39,891

Birmingham⁽¹⁹⁾ 7,294 3,275 10,569 7,200 3,844 11,044

Coventry⁽¹⁹⁾ 1,976 957 2,933 1,984 1,031 3,015

Dudley 2,227 0 2,227 2,336 738 3,074

Herefordshire 340 0 340 336 115 451

Sandwell⁽¹⁹⁾ 3,217 21 3,238 3,059 100 3,159

Shropshire 424 0 424 499 309 808

Solihull 1,542 0 1,542 1,499 59 1,558

Staffordshire 2,561 0 2,561 2,554 443 2,997

Stoke-on-Trent⁽¹⁹⁾ 2,032 285 2,317 1,842 367 2,209

Telford and Wrekin⁽¹⁹⁾ 541 464 1,005 651 596 1,247

Walsall⁽¹⁹⁾ 2,928 70 2,998 2,838 151 2,989

Warwickshire 1,603 0 1,603 1,473 813 2,286

Wolverhampton⁽¹⁹⁾ 2,720 115 2,835 2,584 134 2,718

Worcestershire 1,530 0 1,530 1,586 751 2,337

East of England 14,865 0 14,865 15,740 4,352 20,092

Bedfordshire 1,211 0 1,211 1,202 218 1,420

Cambridgeshire 1,091 0 1,091 1,154 867 2,021

Essex 1,961 0 1,961 1,9292 221 2,213

Hertfordshire 5,890 0 5,890 6,406 257 6,663

Luton 954 0 954 975 996 1,971

Norfolk 1,885 0 1,885 1,932 126 2,058

Peterborough 316 0 316 288 593 881

Southend-on-Sea 453 0 453 446 440 886

Suffolk 633 0 633 857 477 1,334

Thurrock 471 0 471 488 157 645

London 46,466 12,138 58,604 46,679 20,825 67,504

Inner London 21,773 8,567 30,340 21,508 10,078 31,586

Camden⁽¹⁹⁾ 916 769 1,685 915 718 1,633

City of London 10 0 10 12 1 13

Hackney⁽¹⁹⁾ 1,608 951 2,559 12 968 2,488

Hammersmith and Fulham⁽¹⁹⁾ 1,102 371 1,473 1,025 586 1,611⁽¹⁹⁾

Haringey⁽¹⁹⁾ 1,980 396 2,376 1,932 486 2,418

Islington⁽¹⁹⁾ 1,247 780 2,027 1,252 812 2,064

Kensington and Chelsea 591 0 591 612 277 889

Lambeth⁽¹⁹⁾ 1,957 1,102 3,059 1,955 1,163 3,118

Lewisham⁽¹⁹⁾ 1,869 816 2,685 1,892 968 2,860

Newham⁽¹⁹⁾ 3,462 448 3,910 3,306 551 3,857

Southwark⁽¹⁹⁾ 2,214 745 2,959 2,242 1,150 3,392

Tower Hamlets⁽¹⁹⁾ 2,347 315 2,662 2,358 281 2,639

Wandsworth⁽¹⁹⁾ 1,661 1,293 2,954 1,629 1,349 2,978

Westminster⁽¹⁹⁾ 809 579 1,388 858 768 1,626

Outer London 24,693 3,571 28,264 25,171 10,747 35,918

Barking and Dagenham⁽¹⁹⁾ 1,393 294 1,687 1,418 326 1,744

Barnet 2,010 0 2,010 1,995 389 2,384

Bexley 1,385 0 1,385 1,314 911 2,225

Brent⁽¹⁹⁾ 1,684 754 2,438 1,684 875 2,559

Bromley 242 0 242 247 428 675

Croydon 1,826 0 1,826 1,894 623 2,517

Ealing⁽¹⁹⁾ 2,587 555 3,142 2,604 527 3,131

Enfield 1,30 0 1,230 1,236 1,034 2,270

Greenwich⁽¹⁹⁾ 1,894 715 2,609 1,80 765 2,565

Harrow 620 0 620 615 350 965

Havering 550 0 550 603 1,210 1,813

Hillingdon 1,360 0 1,360 1,813 119 1,932

Hounslow⁽¹⁹⁾ 1,523 479 2.002 1,564 550 2,114

Kingston upon Thames 940 0 940 911 172 1,083

Merton 1,665 0 1,665 1,707 117 1,824

Redbridge 1,604 0 1,604 1,587 852 2,439

Richmond upon Thames 585 0 585 546 40 586

Sutton 245 0 245 266 360 626

Waltham Forest⁽¹⁹⁾ 1,350 773 2,123 1,367 1,098 2,465

South East 12,585 736 13,321 12,705 14,254 26,959

Bracknell Forest 111 0 111 147 735 882

Brighton and Hove⁽¹⁹⁾ 772 712 1,484 732 1,032 1,764

Buckinghamshire 686 0 686 790 404 1,194

East Sussex 570 0 570 588 1,113 1,701

Hampshire 601 0 601 589 1,748 2,337

Isle of Wight⁽¹⁹⁾ 134 23 157 131 471 602

Kent 1,412 0 1,412 1,494 818 2,312

Medway 421 0 421 412 2,119 2,531

Milton Keynes 368 0 368 379 197 576

Oxfordshire 995 0 995 1,024 213 1,237

Portsmouth 435 0 435 441 880 1,321

Reading 738 0 738 716 202 918

Slough 932 0 932 976 31 1,007

Southampton 435 0 435 334 1,346 1,680

Surrey 2,429 0 2,429 2,426 2,145 4,571

West Berkshire 261 0 261 273 99 372

West Sussex 838 0 838 816 441 1,257

Windsor and Maidenhead 306 0 306 306 226 532

Wokingham 141 0 141 131 32 163

South West 8,923 2,023 10,946 8,725 12,375 21,100

Bath and North East Somerset 303 0 303 288 195 482

Bournemouth 267 0 267 282 914 1,196

Bristol, City of 2,802 0 2,802 2,653 1,169 3,822

Cornwall and Isle of Scilly⁽¹⁹⁾ 1,057 1,666 2,723 987 2,089 3.076

Devon 1,197 0 1,197 1,200 630 1,830

Dorset 246 0 246 215 288 503

Gloucestershire 74 0 74 97 3,385 3,482

North somerset 195 0 195 200 98 200

Plymouth⁽¹⁹⁾ 776 358 1,134 744 1,508 2,252

Poole 78 0 78 92 742 834

Somerset 474 0 474 503 217 720

South Gloucestershire 331 0 331 341 145 486

Swindon 414 0 414 412 172 584

Torbay 394 0 394 391 505 896

Wiltshire 315 0 315 320 319 639

	2000	2001
LEA name	Maintained⁽¹⁷⁾	Private, voluntary and independent providers and other LA provisions⁽¹⁸⁾	All	Maintained⁽¹⁷⁾	Private, voluntary and independent providers and other LA provision⁽¹⁸⁾	All
England	229,883	40,309	270,192	226,634	108,813	335,447

North East	22,337	2,245	24,582	21,871	3,288	25,159
Darlington	975	0	975	919	49	968
Durham⁽¹⁹⁾	3,845	331	4,176	3,850	612	4,462
Gateshead⁽¹⁹⁾	1,412	562	1,974	1,342	593	1,935
Hartlepool⁽¹⁹⁾	1,063	36	1,099	961	34	995
Middlesbrough⁽¹⁹⁾	1,727	53	1,780	1,849	115	1,964
Newcastle upon Tyne⁽¹⁹⁾	1,757	715	2,472	1,773	857	2,630
North Tyneside⁽¹⁹⁾	1,793	54	1,847	1,767	232	1,999
Northumberland	2,118	0	2,118	2,139	136	2,275
Redcar and Cleveland⁽¹⁹⁾	1,795	2	1,797	1,601	14	1,615
South Tyneside⁽¹⁹⁾	1,391	81	1,472	1,450	143	1,593
Stockton-on-Tees⁽¹⁹⁾	1,911	67	1,978	1,813	100	1,913
Sunderland⁽¹⁹⁾	2,550	344	2,894	2,407	404	2,811

North West	41,335	9,156	50,491	39,566	20,727	60,293
Blackburn with Darwen⁽¹⁹⁾	1,041	381	1,422	966	679	1,645
Blackpool⁽¹⁹⁾	323	1,271	1,594	314	1,075	1,389
Bolton⁽¹⁹⁾	2,155	796	2,951	2,088	926	3,014
Bury	1,045	0	1,045	1,046	91	1,137
Cheshire	2,246	0	2,246	2,172	783	2,955
Cumbria	2,418	0	2,418	2,410	1,138	3,548
Halton⁽¹⁹⁾	623	565	1,188	542	577	1,119
Knowsley⁽¹⁹⁾	2,066	73	2,139	1,847	133	1,980
Lancashire	4,253	0	4,253	4,199	5,155	9,354
Liverpool⁽¹⁹⁾	3,890	1,297	5,187	3,648	1,310	4,958
Manchester⁽¹⁹⁾	4,078	522	4,600	3,890	713	4,603
Oldham⁽¹⁹⁾	1,525	846	2,371	1,507	1,048	2,555
Rochdale⁽¹⁹⁾	1,387	885	2,272	1,287	966	2,253
Salford⁽¹⁹⁾	2,047	147	2,194	1,836	247	2,083
Sefton⁽¹⁹⁾	2,078	289	2,367	2,103	778	2,881
St. Helens⁽¹⁹⁾	1,102	362	1,464	1,084	495	1,579
Stockport	1,625	0	1,625	1,703	87	1,790
Tameside⁽¹⁹⁾	1,646	516	2,162	1,580	581	2,161
Trafford	1,580	0	1,580	1,497	196	1,693
Warrington	963	0	963	889	1,099	1,988
Wigan	1,513	0	1,513	1,358	1,194	2,552
Wirral⁽¹⁹⁾	1,731	1,206	2,937	1,600	1,455	3,055

Yorkshire and The Humber	32,541	7,204	39,745	31,804	15,222	47,026
Barnsley⁽¹⁹⁾	1,404	226	1,630	1,356	529	1,885
Bradford⁽¹⁹⁾	4,747	805	5,552	4,520	1,197	5,717
Calderdale	1,305	0	1,305	1,184	666	1,850
Doncaster⁽¹⁹⁾	2,219	110	2,329	2,249	161	2,410
East Riding of Yorkshire	1,033	0	1,033	1,024	138	1,162
Kingston-upon-Hull, City of⁽¹⁹⁾	2,111	460	2,571	2,036	517	2,553
Kirklees⁽¹⁹⁾	2,618	407	3,025	2,489	1,488	3,977
Leeds⁽¹⁹⁾	5,874	1,779	7,653	5,642	1,786	7,428
North East Lincolnshire⁽¹⁹⁾	998	521	1,519	933	554	1,487
North Lincolnshire	585	0	585	637	536	1,173
North Yorkshire	1,796	0	1,796	1,705	3,218	4,923
Rotherham⁽¹⁹⁾	1,447	724	2,171	1,364	875	2,239
Sheffield⁽¹⁹⁾	2,932	1,815	4,747	3,372	2,030	5,402
Wakefield⁽¹⁹⁾	2,684	358	3,042	2,592	611	3,203
York⁽¹⁹⁾	788	0	788	701	916	1,617

East Midlands	19,896	1,621	21,517	19,103	8,321	27,424
Derby	1,934	0	1,934	1,845	859	2,704
Derbyshire	4,243	0	4,243	4,016	3,099	7,115
Leicester⁽¹⁹⁾	2,335	964	3,299	2,146	1,112	3,258
Leicestershire	87	0	87	129	639	768
Lincolnshire	1,785	0	1,785	1,749	41	1,790
Northamptonshire	2,299	0	2,299	2,294	835	3,129
Nottingham⁽¹⁹⁾	2,653	657	3,310	2,509	700	3,209
Nottinghamshire	4,461	0	4,461	4,328	1,008	5,336
Rutland	99	0	99	87	30	117

West Midlands	30,935	5,188	36,123	30,441	9,450	39,891
Birmingham⁽¹⁹⁾	7,294	3,275	10,569	7,200	3,844	11,044
Coventry⁽¹⁹⁾	1,976	957	2,933	1,984	1,031	3,015
Dudley	2,227	0	2,227	2,336	738	3,074
Herefordshire	340	0	340	336	115	451
Sandwell⁽¹⁹⁾	3,217	21	3,238	3,059	100	3,159
Shropshire	424	0	424	499	309	808
Solihull	1,542	0	1,542	1,499	59	1,558
Staffordshire	2,561	0	2,561	2,554	443	2,997
Stoke-on-Trent⁽¹⁹⁾	2,032	285	2,317	1,842	367	2,209
Telford and Wrekin⁽¹⁹⁾	541	464	1,005	651	596	1,247
Walsall⁽¹⁹⁾	2,928	70	2,998	2,838	151	2,989
Warwickshire	1,603	0	1,603	1,473	813	2,286
Wolverhampton⁽¹⁹⁾	2,720	115	2,835	2,584	134	2,718
Worcestershire	1,530	0	1,530	1,586	751	2,337

East of England	14,865	0	14,865	15,740	4,352	20,092
Bedfordshire	1,211	0	1,211	1,202	218	1,420
Cambridgeshire	1,091	0	1,091	1,154	867	2,021
Essex	1,961	0	1,961	1,9292	221	2,213
Hertfordshire	5,890	0	5,890	6,406	257	6,663
Luton	954	0	954	975	996	1,971
Norfolk	1,885	0	1,885	1,932	126	2,058
Peterborough	316	0	316	288	593	881
Southend-on-Sea	453	0	453	446	440	886
Suffolk	633	0	633	857	477	1,334
Thurrock	471	0	471	488	157	645

London	46,466	12,138	58,604	46,679	20,825	67,504
Inner London	21,773	8,567	30,340	21,508	10,078	31,586
Camden⁽¹⁹⁾	916	769	1,685	915	718	1,633
City of London	10	0	10	12	1	13
Hackney⁽¹⁹⁾	1,608	951	2,559	12	968	2,488
Hammersmith and Fulham⁽¹⁹⁾	1,102	371	1,473	1,025	586	1,611⁽¹⁹⁾
Haringey⁽¹⁹⁾	1,980	396	2,376	1,932	486	2,418
Islington⁽¹⁹⁾	1,247	780	2,027	1,252	812	2,064
Kensington and Chelsea	591	0	591	612	277	889
Lambeth⁽¹⁹⁾	1,957	1,102	3,059	1,955	1,163	3,118
Lewisham⁽¹⁹⁾	1,869	816	2,685	1,892	968	2,860
Newham⁽¹⁹⁾	3,462	448	3,910	3,306	551	3,857
Southwark⁽¹⁹⁾	2,214	745	2,959	2,242	1,150	3,392
Tower Hamlets⁽¹⁹⁾	2,347	315	2,662	2,358	281	2,639
Wandsworth⁽¹⁹⁾	1,661	1,293	2,954	1,629	1,349	2,978
Westminster⁽¹⁹⁾	809	579	1,388	858	768	1,626
Outer London	24,693	3,571	28,264	25,171	10,747	35,918
Barking and Dagenham⁽¹⁹⁾	1,393	294	1,687	1,418	326	1,744
Barnet	2,010	0	2,010	1,995	389	2,384
Bexley	1,385	0	1,385	1,314	911	2,225
Brent⁽¹⁹⁾	1,684	754	2,438	1,684	875	2,559
Bromley	242	0	242	247	428	675
Croydon	1,826	0	1,826	1,894	623	2,517
Ealing⁽¹⁹⁾	2,587	555	3,142	2,604	527	3,131
Enfield	1,30	0	1,230	1,236	1,034	2,270
Greenwich⁽¹⁹⁾	1,894	715	2,609	1,80	765	2,565
Harrow	620	0	620	615	350	965
Havering	550	0	550	603	1,210	1,813
Hillingdon	1,360	0	1,360	1,813	119	1,932
Hounslow⁽¹⁹⁾	1,523	479	2.002	1,564	550	2,114
Kingston upon Thames	940	0	940	911	172	1,083
Merton	1,665	0	1,665	1,707	117	1,824
Redbridge	1,604	0	1,604	1,587	852	2,439
Richmond upon Thames	585	0	585	546	40	586
Sutton	245	0	245	266	360	626
Waltham Forest⁽¹⁹⁾	1,350	773	2,123	1,367	1,098	2,465

South East	12,585	736	13,321	12,705	14,254	26,959
Bracknell Forest	111	0	111	147	735	882
Brighton and Hove⁽¹⁹⁾	772	712	1,484	732	1,032	1,764
Buckinghamshire	686	0	686	790	404	1,194
East Sussex	570	0	570	588	1,113	1,701
Hampshire	601	0	601	589	1,748	2,337
Isle of Wight⁽¹⁹⁾	134	23	157	131	471	602
Kent	1,412	0	1,412	1,494	818	2,312
Medway	421	0	421	412	2,119	2,531
Milton Keynes	368	0	368	379	197	576
Oxfordshire	995	0	995	1,024	213	1,237
Portsmouth	435	0	435	441	880	1,321
Reading	738	0	738	716	202	918
Slough	932	0	932	976	31	1,007
Southampton	435	0	435	334	1,346	1,680
Surrey	2,429	0	2,429	2,426	2,145	4,571
West Berkshire	261	0	261	273	99	372
West Sussex	838	0	838	816	441	1,257
Windsor and Maidenhead	306	0	306	306	226	532
Wokingham	141	0	141	131	32	163

South West	8,923	2,023	10,946	8,725	12,375	21,100
Bath and North East Somerset	303	0	303	288	195	482
Bournemouth	267	0	267	282	914	1,196
Bristol, City of	2,802	0	2,802	2,653	1,169	3,822
Cornwall and Isle of Scilly⁽¹⁹⁾	1,057	1,666	2,723	987	2,089	3.076
Devon	1,197	0	1,197	1,200	630	1,830
Dorset	246	0	246	215	288	503
Gloucestershire	74	0	74	97	3,385	3,482
North somerset	195	0	195	200	98	200
Plymouth⁽¹⁹⁾	776	358	1,134	744	1,508	2,252
Poole	78	0	78	92	742	834
Somerset	474	0	474	503	217	720
South Gloucestershire	331	0	331	341	145	486
Swindon	414	0	414	412	172	584
Torbay	394	0	394	391	505	896
Wiltshire	315	0	315	320	319	639

⁽¹⁷⁾ Headcount of children aged three at 31 December in the previous calendar year from Annual Schools' Census.

⁽¹⁸⁾ Part-time equivalent number of children aged three at private, voluntary, independent and local authority settings.

⁽¹⁹⁾ This LEA received Nursery Education Grant funding for three-year-olds in 1999–2000, there were 65 such LEAs.

5 Nov 2001 : Column: 57W

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