The available information is shown in the table.
The table provides information about the part-time equivalent number of free early education places filled by three and four-year-olds in Copeland parliamentary constituency area. Data are provided for 2004-07 only because data are not available at constituency level for 2003.
Three-year-olds Four-year-olds Maintained nursery and primary schools4 Other maintained and private, voluntary and independent providers5 Total three-year-olds Maintained nursery and primary schools6 Other maintained and private, voluntary and independent providers7 Total four-year-olds 2004 380 240 630 630 90 720 2005 400 250 640 610 90 690 2006 400 240 630 580 100 690 2007 390 270 660 600 90 690 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 Prior to 2004, information on early education places was derived from returns made by local authorities as part of the nursery education grant (NEG) data collection exercise. These data were collected at local authority level, therefore, data for this parliamentary constituency for 2003 is not available. 4 Headcount of children aged three at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Schools Census. 5 Part-time equivalent number of children aged three at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Early Years Census and the Schools Census. 6 Headcount of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Schools Census. 7 Part-time equivalent number of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Early Years Census and the Schools Census.
The latest figures on early education places for three and four-year-olds in England were published in Statistical First Release (SFR) 19/2007 “Provision for children under five years of age in England: January 2007”, available on my Department’s website at www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/