Pre-school Education Susan Kramer To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) which local authorities are involved in the pilot schemes to extend the pre-school education entitlement to two-year-olds; and if he will make a statement; (2) what estimate he has made of the take-up of the pre-school education entitlement among two-year-olds in each local authority participating in a pilot scheme; and if he will make a statement. Beverley Hughes The pilot is currently operating in 32 local authorities and has benefited approximately 13,500 children. From January 2009 the extended pilot will operate in a further 31 local authorities and we anticipate that over a further 20,000 children will benefit. The full list of 63 local authorities is: Barking and Dagenham Barnsley Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bradford Brent Bristol Camden Cornwall Derbyshire Devon Doncaster Dudley Durham Ealing Enfield Essex Gloucestershire Greenwich Hackney Haringey Hartlepool Hertfordshire Hounslow Hull Islington Kent Knowsley Lambeth Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire Lewisham Liverpool Luton Manchester Middlesbrough Newcastle Newham Norfolk North Somerset Nottingham Peterborough Portsmouth Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sheffield Slough South Tyneside Southwark Stoke Sunderland Telford and Wrekin Tower Hamlets Wakefield Waltham Forest Westminster Worcestershire Wolverhampton York. Mrs. Maria Miller To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 13 October 2008, Official Report, column 1133W, on pre-school education, what the timescale is for the pilots underway in 63 local authorities. Beverley Hughes 32 local authorities have been engaged in delivering a pilot, free early education entitlement for two-year-olds, since 2006. We have invited those local authorities, to participate in the extended scheme from 2008. A further 31 local authorities will commence delivery of the extended scheme in phases from January 2009. The extended scheme will run until April 2011.