asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a table in the Official Report giving the number of children attending nursery schools and nursery classes of primary schools, at the latest date and for each of the preceding five years, broken down for each local authority.
The total numbers of children under five years of age attending maintained nursery schools and nursery classes in primary schools in each local education authority in England in January 1986 and in the preceding five years are as follows.
1981
| 1982
| 1983
| 1984
| 1985
| 1986
| |
| Bolton | 2,074 | 2,149 | 2,258 | 2,415 | 2,484 | 2,685 |
| Bury | 662 | 711 | 768 | 832 | 784 | 783 |
| Manchester | 5,276 | 5,407 | 5,687 | 5,834 | 6,233 | 6,350 |
| Oldham | 1,318 | 1,425 | 1,542 | 1,779 | 1,795 | 1,916 |
| Rochdale | 1,648 | 1,677 | 1,714 | 1,749 | 1,747 | 1,669 |
| Salford | 2,046 | 2,332 | 2,710 | 2,894 | 3,020 | 3,007 |
| Stockport | 897 | 937 | 924 | 962 | 962 | 992 |
| Tameside | 1,795 | 1,933 | 2,096 | 2,240 | 2,218 | 2,224 |
| Trafford | 536 | 536 | 542 | 588 | 630 | 620 |
| Wigan | 1,496 | 1,708 | 1,814 | 1,925 | 1,985 | 1,972 |
| Barnsley | 2,623 | 2,604 | 2,701 | 2,722 | 2,757 | 2,788 |
| Doncaster | 2,760 | 2,904 | 2,847 | 2,964 | 2,956 | 2,999 |
| Rotherham | 2,404 | 2,412 | 2,652 | 2,706 | 2,789 | 2,706 |
| Sheffield | 3,761 | 4,142 | 4,341 | 4,434 | 4,663 | 4,593 |
| Bradford | 3,565 | 3,697 | 3,901 | 4,238 | 4,495 | 4,507 |
| Calderdale | 1,072 | 1,116 | 1,295 | 1,350 | 1,370 | 1,401 |
| Kirklees | 2,522 | 2,955 | 3,072 | 3,340 | 3,954 | 3,919 |
| Leeds | 3,696 | 4,146 | 4,419 | 4,898 | 5,153 | 5,354 |
| Wakefield | 2,950 | 3,101 | 3,226 | 3,434 | 3,604 | 3,575 |
| Gateshead | 1,382 | 1,575 | 1,674 | 1,670 | 1,664 | 1,639 |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 2,303 | 2,383 | 2,548 | 2,690 | 2,716 | 2,805 |
| North Tyneside | 1,894 | 1,972 | 2,132 | 2,259 | 2,466 | 2,407 |
| South Tyneside | 1,612 | 1,755 | 1,939 | 1,986 | 1,934 | 1,904 |
| Sunderland | 2,363 | 2,578 | 2,716 | 2,892 | 2,945 | 2,919 |
| Avon | 2,473 | 2,581 | 2,773 | 2,834 | 3,207 | 3,293 |
| Bedfordshire | 4,095 | 4,295 | 4,459 | 4,561 | 4,497 | 4,521 |
| Berkshire | 3,718 | 3,738 | 3,972 | 4,161 | 4,661 | 4,703 |
| Buckinghamshire | 1,920 | 1,919 | 1,980 | 1,998 | 1,975 | 2,091 |
| Cambridgeshire | 1,797 | 1,853 | 1,883 | 1,864 | 1,926 | 1,944 |
| Cheshire | 4,308 | 4,518 | 4,740 | 4,918 | 5,012 | 4,941 |
| Cleveland | 6,446 | 6,665 | 7,317 | 7,653 | 7,835 | 8,018 |
| Cornwall2 | 1,214 | 1,238 | 1,329 | 1,362 | 1,399 | 1,359 |
| Cumbria | 1,870 | 1,957 | 2,037 | 2,251 | 2,245 | 2,233 |
| Derbyshire | 4,067 | 4,144 | 4,253 | 4,349 | 5,080 | 5,773 |
| Devon | 1.606 | 1,696 | 1,719 | 1,829 | 1,841 | 1,882 |
| Dorset | 584 | 585 | 598 | 647 | 761 | 805 |
| Durham | 4,390 | 4,828 | 5,100 | 5,426 | 5,521 | 5,536 |
| East Sussex | 881 | 899 | 910 | 950 | 1,008 | 956 |
| Essex | 1,706 | 1,787 | 1,943 | 1,994 | 2,064 | 2,144 |
| Gloucestershire | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hampshire | 1,671 | 1,718 | 1,777 | 1,793 | 1,782 | 1,859 |
| Hereford and Worcester | 800 | 799 | 797 | 964 | 941 | 997 |
| Hertfordshire | 6,940 | 7,198 | 7,556 | 7,654 | 7,650 | 7,577 |
| Humberside | 5,106 | 5,402 | 5,629 | 6,105 | 6,330 | 6,668 |
| Isle of Wight | 114 | 128 | 133 | 141 | 140 | 103 |
| Kent | 1,606 | 1,651 | 1,709 | 1,827 | 1,852 | 1,914 |
| Lancashire | 4,671 | 4,861 | 4,944 | 5,130 | 5,458 | 5,574 |
| Leicestershire | 4,387 | 4,796 | 5,007 | 5,100 | 5,067 | 5,163 |
| Lincolnshire | 921 | 961 | 965 | 1,009 | 1,019 | 1,006 |
| Norfolk | 772 | 728 | 824 | 799 | 825 | 863 |
| North Yorkshire | 2,230 | 2,397 | 2,490 | 2,773 | 2,652 | 2,631 |
| Northamptonshire | 1,188 | 1,229 | 1,630 | 1,796 | 2,178 | 2,326 |
| Northumberland | 1,102 | 1,149 | 1,270 | 1,443 | 1,560 | 1,698 |
| Nottinghamshire | 8,745 | 9,241 | 9,544 | 10,298 | 10,465 | 11,122 |
| Oxfordshire | 1,581 | 1,652 | 1,631 | 1,733 | 1,749 | 1,747 |
| Shropshire | 979 | 1,000 | 1,004 | 1,093 | 1,082 | 1,080 |
| Somerset | 137 | 88 | 84 | 68 | 77 | 81 |
| Staffordshire | 5,660 | 5,740 | 5,838 | 5,971 | 5,911 | 5,830 |
| Suffolk | 1,478 | 1,494 | 1,538 | 1,671 | 1,833 | 2,034 |
| Surrey | 2,565 | 2,599 | 2,624 | 2,630 | 2,643 | 2,635 |
| Warwickshire | 1,772 | 1,828 | 1,837 | 1,891 | 1,879 | 1,907 |
| West Sussex | 456 | 505 | 525 | 516 | 531 | 535 |
| Wiltshire | 99 | 136 | 141 | 137 | 138 | 184 |
1 Full time and part-time pupils. Ages at end of December of previous year. | ||||||
2 Includes Isles of Scilly. | ||||||
| Gloucestershire LEA provides a limited amount of pre-school provision in "family centres", staffed by teachers and NNEB nurses, and in which parents assist. There are currently 9 of these and another 3 are due to be established in September. | ||||||