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Pre-school Education: Darlington

Answer

The available information is shown in the tables.Table 1 provides information about the part-time equivalent number of free early education places filled by three and four-year-olds in Darlington parliamentary constituency area. Data at parliamentary constituency level are not yet available for 2008.

Part-time equivalent number of free early education places¹,²,³ filled by three and four-year-olds: parliamentary constituency Darlington—position in January each year
	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	780	290	1,100	990	100	1.10&
2005	700	270	970	890	110	1,000
2006	710	310	1,000	860	90	940
2007	710	330	1,000	930	130	1,100
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 prior to 2004 is not available.
4 Headcount of children aged three at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the School 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 School Census.
6 Headcount of children aged four at 31 December in the previous in the previous calendar year from the School 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 School Census.

Table 2 provides information about the part-time equivalent number of free early education places filled by three and four-year-olds for Darlington local authority area for the years 1999 to 2008.

Part-time equivalent number of free early education places¹,² filled by three and four-year-olds: local authority Darlington—position in January each year
	Three-year-olds	Four-year-olds
	Maintained nursery and primary schools³	Other maintained and private, voluntary and independent providers	Total three-year-olds	Maintained nursery and primary schools4	Other maintained and private, voluntary and independent providers	Total four-year-olds
1999	1,000	n/a	1,000	n/a	n/a	5,61,300
2000	980	70	1,000	m/a	n/a	5,61,300
2001	920	760	970	n/a	n/a	5,61,300
2002	920	7290	1,200	1,100	5110	1,200
2003	870	7350	1,200	1,100	8130	1.200
2004	780	9370	1,200	1,100	¹0120	1,200
2005	700	9350	1,100	970	¹0150	1,100
2006	740	9370	1,100	950	¹0120	1,100
2007	740	9390	1,100	1,000	¹0150	1,200
2008	810	9410	1,200	1,100	¹0140	1,200
n/a = Not available.
¹ A place is equal to live 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 For the years 1999-2001, four-year-old sub national figures from the Nursery Education Grant data collection exercise can not be disaggregated between the maintained and private, voluntary and independent sectors.
7 Part-time equivalent number of children aged three at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Nursery Education Grant data collection exercise.
8 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.
9 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.
¹0 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 (SFR) 12/2008 ““Provision for children under five years of age in England: January 2008””, available on my Department's website:"www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/"

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

481 c328-30W; 228376

Session

2007-08

Subjects

Pre-school education Darlington

Link

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