Regional Government White Paper
Mr. Woodward:
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when the White Paper on Regional Government will be published. [35308]
The Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary of State:
I refer my hon. Friend to the answer that I gave my hon. Friend the Member for Preston (Mr. Hendrick) on 2 July 2001, Official Report, column 80W.
Ministerial Meetings (Lobbyists)
Mr. Austin Mitchell:
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what meetings (a) he and (b) his senior departmental officials have had with Enron and its subsidiaries in the last two years. [32430]
Tom Brake:
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister on what occasions he and his Department have held meetings since May 1997 with representatives from (a) BP, (b) Shell, (c) Exxon-Mobil, (d) Enron, (e) Conoco, (f) Texaco and (g) TotalFinaElf; if he will state the purpose of each meeting; and if he will provide details of the outcomes and agreements reached as a result of each meeting. [33218]
Matthew Taylor:
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what meetings have taken place between Ministers in his Department and employees of Citigate since 7 June 2001; and if he will make a statement. [32813]
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The Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary of State:
Ministers and civil servants meet many people as part of the process of policy development and analysis. All such contacts are conducted in accordance with the Ministerial Code, the Civil Service Code and Guidance for Civil Servants: Contacts with Lobbyists. Some of these discussions take place on a confidential basis, and in order to preserve confidentiality, it is not the normal practice of Governments to release details of specific meetings with private individuals or companies.
SOLICITOR-GENERAL
Crown Prosecution Service
Mr. Cox:
To ask the Solicitor-General in how many cases referred to the Crown Prosecution Service it decided not to prosecute in each of the last three years. [34419]
The Solicitor-General:
The figures show the number of defendants whose case was handled by the Crown Prosecution Service in each of the last three years, and the outcome of proceedings.
The number and proportion of defendants whose case was discontinued in a magistrates' court was as follows:
| Number | Percentage
|
1999 | 164,682 | 12.1
|
2000 | 166,001 | 12.8
|
2001 | 172,398 | 13.1
|
The number and proportion of defendants whose case was dropped in the Crown Court before a jury was sworn was as follows:
| Number | Percentage
|
1999 | 9,331 | 10.7
|
2000 | 10,070 | 11.9
|
2001 | 11,292 | 13.7
|
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The above figures represent cases in which the Crown Prosecution Service decided not to proceed with a prosecution on consideration of the evidence and the public interest.
EDUCATION AND SKILLS
Nursery Places
Ms Buck:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list the (a) actual and (b) percentage change in the number of nursery places provided by the (i) statutory and voluntary sectors and (ii) private sector in each education authority in England and Wales between 199697 and 200102; what percentage of three year olds had a nursery place in 199697; how many had a nursery place in 200001; and how many she expects to have a nursery place in 200102 in each education authority in England. [32406]
Margaret Hodge:
The following table contains the available information on numbers of free early years education places taken up by three and four-year-olds. It has been derived from the table published alongside Statistical Bulletin 11/2001 "Provision For Children Under Five Years Of Age in EnglandJanuary 2001" on my Department's statistical website www.dfes.gov.uk/ statistics/. My Department is planning to publish information for January 2002 in May.
My Department estimates that there are free early years education places available for all eligible four-year-olds in England. Since September 1999, we have invested substantially in new free early years education places for three-year-olds. The table shows three-year-olds took up 335,000 free early years education places in January 2001, up from 214,000 in January 1997. We are committed to providing all three-year-olds, whose parents want one, with free early years education places by September 2004.
Information for Wales is a matter for the Education Department of the National Assembly for Wales.
Numbers of three and four-year-olds taking up free early education places, England, Government office regions and LEA areas 19972001
Position in January each year (spring term)
| 1997
|
| 3-year-olds
|
| Maintained nursery and primary schools(13),(14) | Other maintained and private, voluntary and independent providers(15) | 4-year-olds(16),(17) | Total
|
England | 214,173 | 0 | 576,176 | 790,349
|
| | | |
|
North-east | 23,707 | 0 | 31,811 | 55,518
|
Darlington | 915 | 0 | 1,290 | 2,205
|
Durham | 4,217 | 0 | 5,868 | 10,084
|
Gateshead | 1,259 | 0 | 2,241 | 3,500
|
Hartlepool | 1,143 | 0 | 1,215 | 2,358
|
Middlesbrough | 1,919 | 0 | 2,004 | 3,923
|
Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 1,878 | 0 | 3,087 | 4,965
|
North Tyneside | 1,837 | 0 | 2,441 | 4,278
|
Northumberland | 2,255 | 0 | 3,638 | 5,893
|
Redcar and Cleveland | 1,988 | 0 | 1,889 | 3,877
|
South Tyneside | 1,525 | 0 | 1,923 | 3,448
|
Stockton on Tees | 2,351 | 0 | 2,515 | 4,866
|
Sunderland | 2,420 | 0 | 3,701 | 6,121
|
|
|
North-west | 42,204 | 0 | 83,348 | 125,552
|
Blackburn with Darwen | 709 | 0 | 1,912 | 2,621
|
Blackpool | 547 | 0 | 1,593 | 2,140
|
Bolton | 2,295 | 0 | 3,341 | 5,636
|
Bury | 1,079 | 0 | 2,281 | 3,360
|
Cheshire | 2,636 | 0 | 7,555 | 10,192
|
Cumbria | 2,597 | 0 | 5,587 | 8,184
|
Halton | 558 | 0 | 1,570 | 2,128
|
Knowsley | 2,044 | 0 | 2,263 | 4,307
|
Lancashire | 4,392 | 0 | 12,427 | 16,819
|
Liverpool | 4,187 | 0 | 5,595 | 9,782
|
Manchester | 3,722 | 0 | 5,981 | 9,703
|
Oldham | 1,540 | 0 | 3,124 | 4,664
|
Rochdale | 1,407 | 0 | 2,790 | 4,197
|
Salford | 2,231 | 0 | 3,263 | 5,494
|
Sefton | 2,051 | 0 | 3,226 | 5,277
|
St. Helens | 1,108 | 0 | 2,200 | 3,308
|
Stockport | 1,634 | 0 | 3,274 | 4,908
|
Tameside | 1,705 | 0 | 2,881 | 4,586
|
Trafford | 1,856 | 0 | 2,815 | 4,671
|
Warrington | 827 | 0 | 2,327 | 3,154
|
Wigan | 1,434 | 0 | 3,513 | 4,947
|
Wirral | 1,645 | 0 | 3,830 | 5,475
|
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|
Yorkshire and the Humber | 31,844 | 0 | 61,664 | 93,508
|
Barnsley | 1,264 | 0 | 2,868 | 4,132
|
Bradford | 4,376 | 0 | 6,637 | 11,013
|
Calderdale | 1,309 | 0 | 2,626 | 3,935
|
Doncaster | 2,364 | 0 | 3,800 | 6,164
|
East Riding of Yorkshire | 1,053 | 0 | 3,214 | 4,267
|
Kingston Upon Hull, City of | 2,240 | 0 | 3,517 | 5,757
|
Kirklees | 2,974 | 0 | 4,911 | 7,885
|
Leeds | 6,065 | 0 | 8,755 | 14,820
|
North East Lincolnshire | 922 | 0 | 2,079 | 3,001
|
North Lincolnshire | 521 | 0 | 1,842 | 2,363
|
North Yorkshire | 1,642 | 0 | 5,996 | 7,638
|
Rotherham | 1,304 | 0 | 3,397 | 4,701
|
Sheffield | 2,594 | 0 | 5,952 | 8,546
|
Wakefield | 2,540 | 0 | 4,217 | 6,757
|
York | 676 | 0 | 1,853 | 2,529
|
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|
East Midlands | 17,140 | 0 | 47,870 | 65,010
|
Derby | 1,331 | 0 | 3,056 | 3,056
|
Derbyshire | 3,612 | 0 | 8,295 | 13,238
|
Leicester | 924 | 0 | 3,909 | 3,909
|
Leicestershire | 1,474 | 0 | 5,921 | 8,400
|
Lincolnshire | 1,686 | 0 | 6,576 | 8,262
|
Northamptonshire | 2,277 | 0 | 7,464 | 9,741
|
Nottingham | 1,816 | 0 | 3,871 | 5,688
|
Nottinghamshire | 3,939 | 0 | 8,396 | 12,335
|
Rutland | 81 | 0 | 382 | 382
|
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|
West Midlands | 29,098 | 0 | 64,117 | 93,215
|
Birmingham | 7,427 | 0 | 12,474 | 19,901
|
Coventry | 1,674 | 0 | 3,651 | 5,325
|
Dudley | 2,267 | 0 | 3,696 | 5,963
|
Herefordshire | 182 | 0 | 1,869 | 2,051
|
Sandwell | 3,035 | 0 | 3,990 | 7,025
|
Shropshire | 471 | 0 | 2,944 | 3,415
|
Solihull | 1,250 | 0 | 2,575 | 3,825
|
Staffordshire | 3,471 | 0 | 9,563 | 14,227
|
Stoke-on-Trent | 1,193 | 0 | 3,085 | 3,085
|
Telford and Wrekin | 319 | 0 | 1,921 | 2,240
|
Walsall | 3,079 | 0 | 3,585 | 6,664
|
Warwickshire | 1,357 | 0 | 5,551 | 6,908
|
Wolverhampton | 2,793 | 0 | 3,277 | 6,070
|
Worcestershire | 580 | 0 | 5,937 | 6,517
|
East of England | 11,658 | 0 | 62,005 | 73,663
|
Bedfordshire | 1,266 | 0 | 4,704 | 6,739
|
Cambridgeshire | 1,093 | 0 | 5,769 | 6,861
|
Essex | 1,559 | 0 | 14,007 | 15,566
|
Hertfordshire | 4,095 | 0 | 13,796 | 17,891
|
Luton | 769 | 0 | 2,674 | 2,674
|
Norfolk | 1,493 | 0 | 8,184 | 9,677
|
Peterborough | 373 | 0 | 1,922 | 2,295
|
Southend-on-Sea | 213 | 0 | 1,918 | 2,131
|
Suffolk | 605 | 0 | 7,351 | 7,956
|
Thurrock | 192 | 0 | 1,680 | 1,872
|
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|
London | 40,536 | 0 | 85,128 | 125,664
|
Inner London | 18,959 | 0 | 31,794 | 50,753
|
Camden | 802 | 0 | 1,808 | 2,610
|
City of London | 11 | 0 | 30 | 41
|
Hackney | 1,474 | 0 | 2,625 | 4,099
|
Hammersmith and Fulham | 1,053 | 0 | 1,336 | 2,389
|
Haringey | 2,004 | 0 | 2,913 | 4,917
|
Islington | 1,266 | 0 | 2,184 | 3,450
|
Kensington and Chelsea | 542 | 0 | 1,213 | 1,755
|
Lambeth | 1,462 | 0 | 2,706 | 4,168
|
Lewisham | 1,412 | 0 | 2,917 | 4,329
|
Newham | 2,030 | 0 | 3,759 | 5,789
|
Southwark | 2,222 | 0 | 3,067 | 5,289
|
Tower Hamlets | 2,340 | 0 | 2,722 | 5,062
|
Wandsworth | 1,614 | 0 | 3,035 | 4,649
|
Westminster | 727 | 0 | 1,478 | 2,205
|
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|
Outer London | 21,577 | 0 | 53,334 | 74,911
|
Barking and Dagenham | 1,332 | 0 | 2,436 | 3,768
|
Barnet | 2,021 | 0 | 3,534 | 5,555
|
Bexley | 1,069 | 0 | 2,657 | 3,726
|
Brent | 1,712 | 0 | 3,047 | 4,759
|
Bromley | 107 | 0 | 3,427 | 3,534
|
Croydon | 1,537 | 0 | 3,951 | 5,488
|
Ealing | 2,625 | 0 | 3,851 | 6,476
|
Enfield | 1,112 | 0 | 3,179 | 4,291
|
Greenwich | 1,981 | 0 | 2,994 | 4,975
|
Harrow | 451 | 0 | 2,308 | 2,759
|
Havering | 449 | 0 | 2,414 | 2,863
|
Hillingdon | 560 | 0 | 3,268 | 3,828
|
Hounslow | 1,563 | 0 | 2,560 | 4,123
|
Kingston upon Thames | 888 | 0 | 1,564 | 2,452
|
Merton | 1,644 | 0 | 2,225 | 3,869
|
Redbridge | 687 | 0 | 2,943 | 3,630
|
Richmond upon Thames | 570 | 0 | 1,843 | 2,413
|
Sutton | 325 | 0 | 2,140 | 2,465
|
Waltham Forest | 944 | 0 | 2,993 | 3,937
|
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|
South-east | 10,602 | 0 | 88,329 | 98,931
|
Bracknell Forest | 218 | 0 | 1,536 | 1,754
|
Brighton and Hove | 450 | 0 | 2,441 | 2,441
|
Buckinghamshire | 597 | 0 | 5,679 | 6,566
|
East Sussex | 933 | 0 | 4,799 | 6,182
|
Hampshire | 1,092 | 0 | 13,109 | 14,568
|
Isle of Wight | 115 | 0 | 1,302 | 1,417
|
Kent | 1,532 | 0 | 14,635 | 16,167
|
Medway | 315 | 0 | 2,962 | 3,277
|
Milton Keynes | 290 | 0 | 2,743 | 2,743
|
Oxfordshire | 770 | 0 | 6,875 | 7,645
|
Portsmouth | 171 | 0 | 2,039 | 2,039
|
Reading | 255 | 0 | 1,796 | 2,051
|
Slough | 231 | 0 | 1,559 | 1,790
|
Southampton | 196 | 0 | 2,148 | 2,148
|
Surrey | 2,080 | 0 | 12,051 | 14,131
|
West Berkshire | 236 | 0 | 1,761 | 1,996
|
West Sussex | 648 | 0 | 7,597 | 8,245
|
Windsor and Maidenhead | 225 | 0 | 1,565 | 1,790
|
Wokingham | 248 | 0 | 1,732 | 1,980
|
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|
South-west | 7,384 | 0 | 51,904 | 59,288
|
Bath and North East Somerset | 308 | 0 | 1,685 | 1,993
|
Bournemouth | 127 | 0 | 1,533 | 1,533
|
Bristol, City of | 2,755 | 0 | 4,688 | 7,443
|
Cornwall(18) | 988 | 0 | 5,136 | 6,124
|
Devon | 866 | 0 | 6,866 | 7,732
|
Dorset | 300 | 0 | 3,621 | 4,175
|
Gloucestershire | 58 | 0 | 6,171 | 6,229
|
North Somerset | 159 | 0 | 1,810 | 1,969
|
Plymouth | 361 | 0 | 2,885 | 3,246
|
Poole | 127 | 0 | 1,348 | 1,348
|
Somerset | 472 | 0 | 5,204 | 5,676
|
South Gloucestershire | 403 | 0 | 2,745 | 3,148
|
Swindon | 94 | 0 | 2,142 | 2,142
|
Torbay | 151 | 0 | 1,213 | 1,364
|
Wiltshire | 215 | 0 | 4,858 | 5,167
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| 2001
|
| 3-year-olds
|
| Maintained nursery and primary schools(13) | Other maintained and private, voluntary and independent providers(15) | 4-year-olds(16) | Total
|
England | 226,634 | 108,815 | 589,293 | 924,742
|
| | | |
|
North-east | 21,871 | 3,288 | 29,436 | 54,595
|
Darlington | 919 | 49 | 1,299 | 2,268
|
Durham | 3,850 | 612 | 5,451 | 9,913
|
Gateshead | 1,342 | 593 | 2,275 | 4,209
|
Hartlepool | 961 | 34 | 1,130 | 2,125
|
Middlesbrough | 1,849 | 115 | 1,537 | 3,502
|
Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 1,773 | 857 | 2,928 | 5,558
|
North Tyneside | 1,767 | 232 | 2,291 | 4,290
|
Northumberland | 2,139 | 136 | 3,421 | 5,696
|
Redcar and Cleveland | 1,601 | 14 | 1,707 | 3,322
|
South Tyneside | 1,450 | 143 | 1,719 | 3,312
|
Stockton on Tees | 1,813 | 100 | 2,329 | 4,242
|
Sunderland | 2,407 | 404 | 3,347 | 6,158
|
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|
North-west | 39,566 | 20,727 | 84,733 | 145,025
|
Blackburn with Darwen | 966 | 679 | 2,030 | 3,676
|
Blackpool | 314 | 1,075 | 1,562 | 2,951
|
Bolton | 2,088 | 926 | 3,659 | 6,673
|
Bury | 1,046 | 91 | 2,217 | 3,354
|
Cheshire | 2,172 | 783 | 7,800 | 10,755
|
Cumbria | 2,410 | 1,138 | 5,586 | 9,133
|
Halton | 542 | 577 | 1,414 | 2,533
|
Knowsley | 1,847 | 133 | 2,184 | 4,164
|
Lancashire | 4,199 | 5,155 | 15,681 | 25,036
|
Liverpool | 3,648 | 1,310 | 4,479 | 9,436
|
Manchester | 3,890 | 713 | 5,375 | 9,978
|
Oldham | 1,507 | 1,048 | 3,051 | 5,606
|
Rochdale | 1,287 | 966 | 2,733 | 4,985
|
Salford | 1,836 | 247 | 2,712 | 4,795
|
Sefton | 2,103 | 778 | 3,155 | 6,036
|
St. Helens | 1,084 | 495 | 2,079 | 3,659
|
Stockport | 1,703 | 87 | 3,323 | 5,114
|
Tameside | 1,580 | 581 | 2,764 | 4,925
|
Trafford | 1,497 | 196 | 2,551 | 4,244
|
Warrington | 889 | 1,099 | 2,360 | 4,348
|
Wigan | 1,358 | 1,194 | 3,634 | 6,186
|
Wirral | 1,600 | 1,455 | 4,383 | 7,438
|
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|
Yorkshire and the Humber | 31,804 | 15,223 | 58,804 | 105,831
|
Barnsley | 1,356 | 529 | 2,098 | 3,983
|
Bradford | 4,520 | 1,196 | 5,882 | 11,598
|
Calderdale | 1,184 | 666 | 2,364 | 4,215
|
Doncaster | 2,249 | 161 | 3,740 | 6,150
|
East Riding of Yorkshire | 1,024 | 138 | 3,388 | 4,550
|
Kingston Upon Hull, City of | 2,036 | 517 | 3,170 | 5,724
|
Kirklees | 2,489 | 1,488 | 5,028 | 9,005
|
Leeds | 5,642 | 1,786 | 8,436 | 15,864
|
North East Lincolnshire | 933 | 554 | 1,902 | 3,388
|
North Lincolnshire | 637 | 536 | 1,771 | 2,944
|
North Yorkshire | 1,705 | 3,218 | 6,287 | 11,210
|
Rotherham | 1,364 | 876 | 3,093 | 5,333
|
Sheffield | 3,372 | 2,030 | 5,825 | 11,227
|
Wakefield | 2,592 | 611 | 3,980 | 7,183
|
York | 701 | 916 | 1,840 | 3,457
|
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|
East Midlands | 19,103 | 8,321 | 48,829 | 76,253
|
Derby | 1,845 | 859 | 2,808 | 5,512
|
Derbyshire | 4,016 | 3,099 | 8,384 | 15,499
|
Leicester | 2,146 | 1,112 | 3,849 | 7,107
|
Leicestershire | 129 | 639 | 6,641 | 7,408
|
Lincolnshire | 1,749 | 41 | 7,022 | 8,812
|
Northamptonshire | 2,294 | 835 | 7,876 | 11,005
|
Nottingham | 2,509 | 700 | 3,557 | 6,765
|
Nottinghamshire | 4,328 | 1,008 | 8,318 | 13,653
|
Rutland | 87 | 30 | 374 | 491
|
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|
West Midlands | 30,441 | 9,450 | 65,826 | 105,717
|
Birmingham | 7,200 | 3,844 | 14,033 | 25,076
|
Coventry | 1,984 | 1,031 | 3,753 | 6,767
|
Dudley | 2,336 | 738 | 3,743 | 6,816
|
Herefordshire | 336 | 115 | 2,249 | 2,701
|
Sandwell | 3,059 | 100 | 3,509 | 6,668
|
Shropshire | 499 | 309 | 3,144 | 3,952
|
Solihull | 1,499 | 59 | 2,711 | 4,270
|
Staffordshire | 2,554 | 443 | 9,201 | 12,198
|
Stoke-on-Trent | 1,842 | 367 | 2,836 | 5,044
|
Telford and Wrekin | 651 | 596 | 2,115 | 3,363
|
Walsall | 2,838 | 151 | 3,427 | 6,416
|
Warwickshire | 1,473 | 813 | 5,964 | 8,250
|
Wolverhampton | 2,584 | 134 | 3,010 | 5,728
|
Worcestershire | 1,586 | 751 | 6,132 | 8,468
|
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|
East of England | 15,740 | 4,352 | 64,060 | 84,151
|
Bedfordshire | 1,202 | 218 | 4,888 | 6,308
|
Cambridgeshire | 1,154 | 867 | 5,897 | 7,918
|
Essex | 1,992 | 221 | 15,051 | 17,264
|
Hertfordshire | 6,406 | 257 | 13,495 | 20,159
|
Luton | 975 | 996 | 2,643 | 4,614
|
Norfolk | 1,932 | 126 | 8,404 | 10,462
|
Peterborough | 288 | 593 | 2,132 | 3,013
|
Southend-on-Sea | 446 | 440 | 2,087 | 2,973
|
Suffolk | 857 | 477 | 7,617 | 8,950
|
Thurrock | 488 | 157 | 1,845 | 2,490
|
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|
London | 46,679 | 20,825 | 87,835 | 155,339
|
Inner London | 21,508 | 10,078 | 34,058 | 65,644
|
Camden | 915 | 718 | 2,075 | 3,707
|
City of London | 12 | 1 | 35 | 48
|
Hackney | 1,520 | 968 | 2,714 | 5,202
|
Hammersmith and Fulham | 1,025 | 586 | 1,564 | 3,174
|
Haringey | 1,932 | 486 | 3,391 | 5,809
|
Islington | 1,252 | 812 | 2,089 | 4,153
|
Kensington and Chelsea | 612 | 277 | 1,031 | 1,920
|
Lambeth | 1,955 | 1,163 | 3,062 | 6,180
|
Lewisham | 1,892 | 968 | 3,018 | 5,878
|
Newham | 3,306 | 551 | 3,947 | 7,804
|
Southwark | 2,242 | 1,150 | 3,397 | 6,789
|
Tower Hamlets | 2,358 | 281 | 2,809 | 5,448
|
Wandsworth | 1,629 | 1,349 | 3,210 | 6,187
|
Westminster | 858 | 768 | 1,717 | 3,343
|
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|
Outer London | 25,171 | 10,747 | 53,778 | 89,695
|
Barking and Dagenham | 1,418 | 326 | 2,338 | 4,082
|
Barnet | 1,995 | 389 | 3,665 | 6,049
|
Bexley | 1,314 | 911 | 2,570 | 4,796
|
Brent | 1,684 | 875 | 2,985 | 5,544
|
Bromley | 247 | 428 | 3,657 | 4,332
|
Croydon | 1,894 | 623 | 4,123 | 6,640
|
Ealing | 2,604 | 527 | 3,725 | 6,856
|
Enfield | 1,236 | 1,034 | 3,483 | 5,753
|
Greenwich | 1,800 | 765 | 2,846 | 5,411
|
Harrow | 615 | 350 | 2,379 | 3,344
|
Havering | 603 | 1,210 | 2,317 | 4,130
|
Hillingdon | 1,813 | 119 | 3,336 | 5,268
|
Hounslow | 1,564 | 550 | 2,491 | 4,605
|
Kingston upon Thames | 911 | 172 | 1,678 | 2,760
|
Merton | 1,707 | 117 | 2,099 | 3,923
|
Redbridge | 1,587 | 852 | 3,352 | 5,790
|
Richmond upon Thames | 546 | 40 | 1,974 | 2,560
|
Sutton | 266 | 360 | 2,037 | 2,663
|
Waltham Forest | 1,367 | 1,098 | 2,723 | 5,188
|
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|
South-east | 12,705 | 14,255 | 93,691 | 120,651
|
Bracknell Forest | 147 | 735 | 1,329 | 2,212
|
Brighton and Hove | 732 | 1,032 | 2,560 | 4,325
|
Buckinghamshire | 790 | 404 | 6,075 | 7,269
|
East Sussex | 588 | 1,113 | 4,953 | 6,654
|
Hampshire | 589 | 1,748 | 14,560 | 16,897
|
Isle of Wight | 131 | 471 | 1,433 | 2,035
|
Kent | 1,494 | 818 | 15,773 | 18,085
|
Medway | 412 | 2,119 | 3,231 | 5,762
|
Milton Keynes | 379 | 197 | 2,774 | 3,349
|
Oxfordshire | 1,024 | 213 | 6,885 | 8,122
|
Portsmouth | 441 | 880 | 2,501 | 3,822
|
Reading | 716 | 202 | 1,721 | 2,639
|
Slough | 976 | 32 | 1,655 | 2,664
|
Southampton | 334 | 1,346 | 2,310 | 3,990
|
Surrey | 2,426 | 2,145 | 12,755 | 17,326
|
West Berkshire | 273 | 99 | 1,646 | 2,018
|
West Sussex | 816 | 441 | 8,222 | 9,479
|
Windsor and Maidenhead | 306 | 226 | 1,521 | 2,052
|
Wokingham | 131 | 32 | 1,787 | 1,950
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South-west | 8,725 | 12,375 | 56,080 | 77,180
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Bath and North East Somerset | 288 | 195 | 1,827 | 2,310
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Bournemouth | 282 | 914 | 1,568 | 2,764
|
Bristol, City of | 2,653 | 1,169 | 4,453 | 8,274
|
Cornwall(18) | 987 | 2,089 | 5,208 | 8,284
|
Devon | 1,200 | 630 | 7,330 | 9,159
|
Dorset | 215 | 288 | 3,987 | 4,490
|
Gloucestershire | 97 | 3,385 | 8,472 | 11,954
|
North Somerset | 200 | 98 | 2,000 | 2,297
|
Plymouth | 744 | 1,508 | 2,540 | 4,792
|
Poole | 92 | 742 | 1,374 | 2,208
|
Somerset | 503 | 217 | 5,404 | 6,124
|
South Gloucestershire | 341 | 145 | 3,114 | 3,600
|
Swindon | 412 | 172 | 2,346 | 2,930
|
Torbay | 391 | 505 | 1,349 | 2,245
|
Wiltshire | 320 | 319 | 5,108 | 5,747
|
12 Feb 2002 : Column 201W
| Actual change in numbers 1997 to 2001(19) | Percentage change in numbers 1997 to 2001(20)
|
| 3-year-olds | 4-year-olds | 3-year-olds | 4-year-olds
|
England | 121,276 | 13,118 | 57 | 2
|
| | | |
|
North-east | 1,452 | -2,375 | 6 | -7
|
Darlington | 53 | 10 | 6 | 1
|
Durham | 245 | -417 | 6 | -7
|
Gateshead | 676 | 34 | 54 | 1
|
Hartlepool | -148 | -85 | -13 | -7
|
Middlesbrough | 45 | -467 | 2 | -23
|
Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 752 | -159 | 40 | -5
|
North Tyneside | 162 | -150 | 9 | -6
|
Northumberland | 20 | -216 | 1 | -6
|
Redcar & Cleveland | -373 | -182 | -19 | -10
|
South Tyneside | 68 | -204 | 4 | -11
|
Stockton on Tees | -438 | -185 | -19 | -7
|
Sunderland | 391 | -354 | 16 | -10
|
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North-west | 18,089 | 1,385 | 43 | 2
|
Blackburn with Darwen | 936 | 118 | 132 | 6
|
Blackpool | 842 | -32 | 154 | -2
|
Bolton | 719 | 319 | 31 | 10
|
Bury | 58 | -63 | 5 | -3
|
Cheshire | 319 | 245 | 12 | 3
|
Cumbria | 951 | -1 | 37 | -0
|
Halton | 561 | -156 | 101 | -10
|
Knowsley | -64 | -79 | -3 | -3
|
Lancashire | 4,963 | 3,254 | 113 | 26
|
Liverpool | 771 | -1,116 | 18 | -20
|
Manchester | 881 | -605 | 24 | -10
|
Oldham | 1,015 | -73 | 66 | -2
|
Rochdale | 846 | -58 | 60 | -2
|
Salford | -148 | -551 | -7 | -17
|
Sefton | 830 | -71 | 40 | -2
|
St. Helens | 471 | -121 | 43 | -5
|
Stockport | 156 | 50 | 10 | 2
|
Tameside | 456 | -117 | 27 | -4
|
Trafford | -163 | -264 | -9 | -9
|
Warrington | 1,162 | 33 | 141 | 1
|
Wigan | 1,118 | 120 | 78 | 3
|
Wirral | 1,410 | 553 | 86 | 14
|
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|
Yorkshire and the Humber | 15,183 | -2,860 | 48 | -5
|
Barnsley | 621 | -770 | 49 | -27
|
Bradford | 1,340 | -755 | 31 | -11
|
Calderdale | 541 | -262 | 41 | -10
|
Doncaster | 46 | -60 | 2 | -2
|
East Riding of Yorkshire | 109 | 174 | 10 | 5
|
Kingston Upon Hull, City of | 313 | -346 | 14 | -10
|
Kirklees | 1,003 | 117 | 34 | 2
|
Leeds | 1,362 | -319 | 22 | -4
|
North East Lincolnshire | 565 | -178 | 61 | -9
|
North Lincolnshire | 652 | -72 | 125 | -4
|
North Yorkshire | 3,281 | 291 | 200 | 5
|
Rotherham | 936 | -304 | 72 | -9
|
Sheffield | 2,808 | -127 | 108 | -2
|
Wakefield | 663 | -236 | 26 | -6
|
York | 941 | -13 | 139 | -1
|
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|
East Midlands | 10,284 | 960 | 60 | 2
|
Derby | 1,372 | -248 | 103 | -8
|
Derbyshire | 3,503 | 89 | 97 | 1
|
Leicester | 2,334 | -60 | 253 | -2
|
Leicestershire | -706 | 720 | -48 | 12
|
Lincolnshire | 104 | 447 | 6 | 7
|
Northamptonshire | 852 | 413 | 37 | 6
|
Nottingham | 1,392 | -314 | 77 | -8
|
Nottinghamshire | 1,397 | -78 | 35 | -1
|
Rutland | 35 | -8 | 43 | -2
|
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|
West Midlands | 10,793 | 1,709 | 37 | 3
|
Birmingham | 3,617 | 1,558 | 49 | 12
|
Coventry | 1,341 | 102 | 80 | 3
|
Dudley | 807 | 46 | 36 | 1
|
Herefordshire | 270 | 380 | 148 | 20
|
Sandwell | 124 | -481 | 4 | -12
|
Shropshire | 337 | 201 | 71 | 7
|
Solihull | 308 | 137 | 25 | 5
|
Staffordshire | -474 | -362 | -14 | -4
|
Stoke-on-Trent | 1,016 | -249 | 85 | -8
|
Telford and Wrekin | 929 | 194 | 292 | 10
|
Walsall | -90 | -158 | -3 | -4
|
Warwickshire | 929 | 412 | 68 | 7
|
Wolverhampton | -75 | -267 | -3 | -8
|
Worcestershire | 1,757 | 194 | 303 | 3
|
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|
East of England | 8,434 | 2,055 | 72 | 3
|
Bedfordshire | 155 | 183 | 12 | 4
|
Cambridgeshire | 928 | 129 | 85 | 2
|
Essex | 654 | 1,044 | 42 | 7
|
Hertfordshire | 2,568 | -301 | 63 | -2
|
Luton | 1,202 | -31 | 156 | -1
|
Norfolk | 565 | 220 | 38 | 3
|
Peterborough | 508 | 211 | 136 | 11
|
Southend-on-Sea | 673 | 169 | 316 | 9
|
Suffolk | 729 | 266 | 120 | 4
|
Thurrock | 453 | 165 | 236 | 10
|
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|
London | 26,968 | 2,707 | 67 | 3
|
Inner London | 12,627 | 2,264 | 67 | 7
|
Camden | 831 | 266 | 104 | 15
|
City of London | 2 | 5 | 18 | 15
|
Hackney | 1,014 | 89 | 69 | 3
|
Hammersmith and Fulham | 558 | 227 | 53 | 17
|
Haringey | 414 | 479 | 21 | 16
|
Islington | 798 | -96 | 63 | -4
|
Kensington and Chelsea | 347 | -182 | 64 | -15
|
Lambeth | 1,656 | 355 | 113 | 13
|
Lewisham | 1,448 | 101 | 103 | 3
|
Newham | 1,827 | 188 | 90 | 5
|
Southwark | 1,170 | 330 | 53 | 11
|
Tower Hamlets | 299 | 87 | 13 | 3
|
Wandsworth | 1,364 | 175 | 84 | 6
|
Westminster | 899 | 239 | 124 | 16
|
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|
Outer London | 14,341 | 443 | 66 | 1
|
Barking and Dagenham | 412 | -97 | 31 | -4
|
Barnet | 363 | 130 | 18 | 4
|
Bexley | 1,156 | -87 | 108 | -3
|
Brent | 847 | -62 | 49 | -2
|
Bromley | 568 | 231 | 531 | 7
|
Croydon | 980 | 172 | 64 | 4
|
Ealing | 506 | -126 | 19 | -3
|
Enfield | 1,158 | 303 | 104 | 10
|
Greenwich | 584 | -149 | 30 | -5
|
Harrow | 514 | 71 | 114 | 3
|
Havering | 1,364 | -97 | 304 | -4
|
Hillingdon | 1,372 | 68 | 245 | 2
|
Hounslow | 551 | -69 | 35 | -3
|
Kingston upon Thames | 195 | 114 | 22 | 7
|
Merton | 180 | -125 | 11 | -6
|
Redbridge | 1,752 | 409 | 255 | 14
|
Richmond upon Thames | 16 | 131 | 3 | 7
|
Sutton | 301 | -104 | 93 | -5
|
Waltham Forest | 1,521 | -271 | 161 | -9
|
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|
South-east | 16,358 | 5,362 | 154 | 6
|
Bracknell Forest | 664 | -207 | 304 | -13
|
Brighton and Hove | 1,315 | 119 | 292 | 5
|
Buckinghamshire | 597 | 397 | 100 | 7
|
East Sussex | 768 | 154 | 82 | 3
|
Hampshire | 1,245 | 1,451 | 114 | 11
|
Isle of Wight | 487 | 131 | 424 | 10
|
Kent | 780 | 1,138 | 51 | 8
|
Medway | 2,216 | 269 | 704 | 9
|
Milton Keynes | 286 | 31 | 98 | 1
|
Oxfordshire | 467 | 9 | 61 | 0
|
Portsmouth | 1,150 | 462 | 672 | 23
|
Reading | 663 | -76 | 260 | -4
|
Slough | 778 | 96 | 337 | 6
|
Southampton | 1,484 | 162 | 758 | 8
|
Surrey | 2,491 | 704 | 120 | 6
|
West Berkshire | 137 | -115 | 58 | -7
|
West Sussex | 609 | 625 | 94 | 8
|
Windsor and Maidenhead | 306 | -44 | 136 | -3
|
Wokingham | -85 | 55 | -34 | 3
|
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South-west | 13,716 | 4,176 | 186 | 8
|
Bath and North East Somerset | 175 | 143 | 57 | 8
|
Bournemouth | 1,069 | 35 | 845 | 2
|
Bristol, City of | 1,067 | -236 | 39 | -5
|
Cornwall(18) | 2,088 | 72 | 211 | 1
|
Devon | 963 | 464 | 111 | 7
|
Dorset | 203 | 366 | 67 | 10
|
Gloucestershire | 3,424 | 2,301 | 5,903 | 37
|
North Somerset | 139 | 190 | 87 | 10
|
Plymouth | 1,892 | -345 | 524 | -12
|
Poole | 707 | 26 | 556 | 2
|
Somerset | 248 | 200 | 53 | 4
|
South Gloucestershire | 83 | 369 | 21 | 13
|
Swindon | 490 | 204 | 523 | 10
|
Torbay | 745 | 136 | 494 | 11
|
Wiltshire | 424 | 251 | 197 | 5
|
(13) Headcount of children aged three at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Annual Schools Census.
(14) Figures for LEAs that were re-organised in April 1997 were obtained by apportionment.
(15) Part-time equivalent number of children aged three at 31 December in the previous year from the Nursery Education Grant data collection exercise. Nursery Education Grant for three-year-olds was allocated to the 65 local education authorities in 19992000 and all LEAs in 200001.
(16) Part-time equivalent number of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Nursery Education Grant data collection exercise.
(17) Summer term 1997.
(18) Includes Isles of Scilly
(19) Expressed as the difference between the numbers of children attending a provider in 2001 compared to 1997.
(20) Percentage change in the numbers of children attending a provider in 2001 compared to 1997.
12 Feb 2002 : Column 207W
Mr. Woodward:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) three and (b) four- year-olds in St. Helens, South there are (i) with a full-time nursery place and (ii) without a full-time nursery place. [33697]
Margaret Hodge:
The available information shows that there were 120 three-year-olds and 1,570 four-year- olds who took up full-time nursery education places in St. Helens local education authority area in January 2000.
My Department estimates that there are free part-time early education places available for all eligible four- year-olds in England. We are also committed to providing all three-year-olds, whose parents want one, with free part-time early years education places by September 2004.