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Number of part time funded places( 1,2) filled by three and four-year-olds—local authority: Essex
Position in January each year
Part-time funded places filled by three-year-olds Part-time funded places filled by four-year-olds
Maintained nursery and primary schools( 3) Other maintained and private, voluntary and independent providers Total three-year-olds Maintained nursery and primary schools( 4) Other maintained and private voluntary and independent providers Total four-year-olds

1997

1,600

n/a

1,600

n/a

n/a

(5)14,000

1998

1,900

n/a

1,600

n/a

n/a

(5)15,000

1999

2,000

n/a

2,000

n/a

n/a

(5)15,200

2000

2,000

(6)0

2,000

n/a

n/a

(5)15,100

2001

2,000

(6)220

2,220

n/a

n/a

(5)15,100

2002

2,000

(6)6,700

8,700

10,400

(5)4,700

15,100

2003

2,000

9,500

11,500

10,400

(7)4,600

15,000

2004

2,000

(9)9,700

11,700

10,500

(9)4,500

15,000

2005

1,900

(8)10,000

11,900

9,900

(9)4,500

14,400

2006

2,000

(8)9,900

11,900

9,900

(9)4,200

14,100

2007

1,900

(8)10,400

12,300

9,700

(9)4,400

14,100

n/a = Not available.
(1) A place is equal to five or more sessions and can be filled by more than one child.
(2) Figures are rounded to the nearest 100 if they exceed 1,000 and to the nearest 10 otherwise.
(3) Headcount of children aged three at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the School Census.
(4) Headcount of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the School Census.
(5) Part-time equivalent number of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Nursery Education Grant data collection exercise.
(6) Part-time equivalent number of children aged three at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Nursery Education Grant data collection exercise.
(7) Part-time equivalent number of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Early Years Census supplementary data collection exercise and the School Census.
(8) Part-time equivalent number of children aged three at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Early Years Census and the School Census.
(9) Part-time equivalent number of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Early Years Census and the School Census.

Number of part time funded places( 1,2) filled by three and four year olds—local authority: Cambridgeshire
Position in January each year
Part-time funded places filled by three-year-olds Part-time funded places filled by four-year-olds
Maintained nursery and primary schools( 3) Other maintained and private, voluntary and independent providers Total three-year-olds Maintained nursery and primary schools( 4) Other maintained and private, voluntary and independent providers Total four-year-olds

1997

1,100

n/a

1,100

n/a

n/a

(5)5,800

1998

1,100

n/a

1,100

n/a

n/a

(5)6,500

1999

1,200

n/a

1,200

n/a

n/a

(5)6,300

2000

1,100

(6)0

1,100

n/a

n/a

(5)6,400

2001

1,200

(6)870

2,000

n/a

n/a

(5)5,900

2002

1,200

(6)1,500

2,700

4,700

(5)1,600

6,200

2003

1,100

(6)2,700

3,800

4,600

(7)1,600

6,200

2004

1,000

(8)2,800

3,800

4,500

(9)1,600

6,100

2005

980

(8)4,000

4,900

4,400

(9)1,300

5,700

2006

1,100

(8)4,000

5,100

4,500

(9)1,500

6,000

2007

1,100

(8)4,300

5,400

4,400

(9)1,600

6,000

n/a = Not available.
(1) A place is equal to five or more sessions and can be filled by more than one child.
(2) Figures are rounded to the nearest 100 if they exceed 1,000 and to the nearest 10 otherwise.
3. Headcount of children aged three at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the School Census.
(4) Headcount of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the School Census.
(5) Part-time equivalent number of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Nursery Education Grant data collection exercise.
(6) Part-time equivalent number of children aged three at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Nursery Education Grant data collection exercise.
(7) Part-time equivalent number of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Early Years Census supplementary data collection exercise and the School Census.
(8) Part-time equivalent number of children aged three at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Early Years Census and the School Census.
(9) Part-time equivalent number of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Early Years Census and the School Census.

The latest figures on early education places for three and four-year-olds in England were published in Statistical First Release 19/2007 “Provision for children under five years of age in England—January 2007” in May, which is available on my Department’s website

Physical Education: Teachers

Hugh Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many hours of physical education training the Youth Sport Trust recommends during initial teacher training to meet the Government's school sport public service agreement target. [189591]

Jim Knight [holding answer 26 February 2008]: I am not aware of any recommendation the Youth Sport Trust has made about primary initial teacher training. In any event, neither this Department nor the Training and Development Agency for Schools prescribe the content for courses of initial teacher training or the time that should be spent on particular components of it. Training providers have discretion over this, but the outcome of their course must be that trainees are, on completion, able to demonstrate the various standards the Secretary of State has set out for awarding of Qualified Teacher Status.

Pupils: Per Capita Costs

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how much has been allocated per pupil for the 2008-09 school year, broken down by county; [189455]

(2) what the average funding per pupil is in England for the 2008-09 school year. [189458]

Jim Knight: The Dedicated Schools Grant guaranteed per pupil units of funding for 2008-09 are provided in the following tables for local authorities grouped by type: London, metropolitan, unitary and upper tier. Guaranteed units of funding are not calculated at a county level. The average figure for England is £4,066
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per pupil. This covers all funded pupils aged three to 15. Figures are in cash terms. In addition to the Dedicated Schools Grant there are other grants that support the schools budget whose allocations have not yet been finalised.

London authorities 2008-09 guaranteed per pupil unit of funding (£)

Barking and Dagenham

4,563

Barnet

4,559

Bexley

4,151

Brent

4,894

Bromley

3,966

Camden

6,161

City of London

7,362

Croydon

4,267

Ealing

4,832

Enfield

4,437

Greenwich

5,361

Hackney

6,170

Hammersmith and Fulham

5,635

Haringey

4,987

Harrow

4,507

Havering

4,137

Hillingdon

4,361

Hounslow

4,651

Islington

5,812

Kensington and Chelsea

5,757

Kingston upon Thames

4,256

Lambeth

5,848

Lewisham

5,556

Merton

4,452

Newham

5,071

Redbridge

4,214

Richmond upon Thames

4,311

Southwark

5,756

Sutton

4,253

Tower Hamlets

6,289

Waltham Forest

4,584

Wandsworth

5,146

Westminster

5,439


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