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Dept for Education and Employment

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Mr. Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many three-year-olds had free early-years education places providing five or more sessions of education per week (a) in 1979, (b) in 1990 and (c) for each year from 1992 to 1999 (i) in England and (ii) in each local education authority in London. [122709] Ms Hodge: [holding answer 19 May 2000]: The information is not available in the form requested. Up to September 1999, `free' places for three-year-olds were only available in maintained nursery and primary schools funded directly by local education authorities. Since September 1999 specific funding by the Government for three-year-olds has been extended to private, voluntary and independent providers via the Early-Years Development and Childcare Partnerships in 65 local education authorities, including 18 London authorities. From summer 2000 this extra funding will be available in all local authority areas. The available information on the numbers of three-year-olds in early-years provision for England and in each local education authority in London is shown in the following tables. Table 1 gives the number of children in free early-years education places from 1996 to 2000. Table 2 shows the number of new funded places for three-year-olds being created in all sectors over the next year, including projected figures for summer 2000, autumn 2000 and spring 2001. The new places are supported by £100 million of funding. Half of all three-year-olds will have access to a free place by spring 2001, and the Government are well on track to meet the 2002 target of expanding overall nursery provision to 66 per cent. of three-year-olds. Table 1: Children aged three in free early-years education places{ 1} England and each local education authority in London, 1996-2000 (provisional) Position as at January _________________________________________________________________________________________________. LEA name 1996{ 2} 1997{ 2} 1998{ 2} 1999{ 2} 2000{ 3,5} England 210,075 214,173 222,031 225,669 266,410 Barking and Dagenham{4} 1,331 1,332 1,408 1,329 1,630 Barnet 1,780 2,021 2,010 2,026 2,010 Bexley 1,009 1,069 1,242 1,300 1,390 Brent{4} 1,778 1,712 1,706 1,708 2,380 Bromley 111 107 197 216 240 Camden{4} 765 802 890 928 1,450 City of London 12 11 15 11 10 Croydon 1,420 1,537 1,720 1,859 1,830 Ealing{4} 2,705 2,625 2,692 2,686 3,140 Enfield 1,110 1,112 1,136 1,235 1,230 Greenwich{4} 1,785 1,981 1,841 1,889 2,600 Hackney{4} 1,536 1,474 1,543 1,624 2,430 Hammersmith and Fulham{4} 1,055 1,053 1,055 1,061 1,470 Haringey{4} 1,894 2,004 1,944 1,949 2,210 Harrow 489 451 588 576 620 Havering 378 449 464 459 550 Hillingdon 473 560 620 636 1,360 Hounslow{4} 1,562 1,563 1,605 1,505 1,990 Islington{4} 1,342 1,266 1,256 1,283 1,840 Kensington and Chelsea 486 542 523 513 590 Kingston upon Thames 931 888 892 892 930 Lambeth{4} 1,396 1,462 1,855 1,911 3,150 Lewisham{4} 1,363 1,412 1,475 1,877 2,560 Merton 1,749 1,644 1,707 1,668 1,670 Newham{4} 2,074 2,030 2,103 3,189 3,860 Redbridge 626 687 824 1,318 1,600 Richmond upon Thames 597 570 587 555 590 Southwark{4} 2,158 2,222 2,290 2,278 2,820 Sutton 270 325 259 289 250 Tower Hamlets{4} 2,288 2,340 2,264 2,405 2,610 Waltham Forest{4} 1,069 944 1,209 1,281 2,040 Wandsworth{4} 1,590 1,614 1,590 1,584 2,860 Westminster{4} 737 727 794 824 1,300 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Prior to September 1999, free places for three-year-olds were only available in maintained nursery and primary schools. Since September 1999 funding has been extended to private, voluntary and independent providers. {2} Headcount numbers collected from maintained schools in January each year as part of the Annual Schools' Census. {3} Estimates combining Annual Schools' Census data from maintained schools in January 2000 and data submitted by LEAs for Nursery Education Grant purposes relating to private, voluntary and independent providers in spring 2000. {4} LEAs eligible to provide funding for three-year-olds in the private, voluntary and independent sectors via Early-Years Development and Childcare Partnerships. In spring 2000 there were a total of 65 such LEAs in England. {5} Provisional. Table 2: New funded places for three-year-olds{ 1} in England and in each local education authority in London by sector: projected position as at summer 2000, autumn 2000 and spring 2001 Summer 2000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. LEA name LEA maintained Private Voluntary Independent England 6,067 25,598 24,953 3,344 Barking and Dagenham 100 60 202 0 Barnet 0 41 40 0 Bexley 0 0 55 0 Brent 0 750 50 0 Bromley 25 170 171 0 Camden 0 0 0 0 City of London 0 0 0 0 Croydon 0 450 450 0 Ealing 25 335 50 0 Enfield 0 428 0 0 Greenwich 10 205 273 186 Hackney 0 0 0 0 Hammersmith and Fulham 0 332 41 10 Haringey 230 50 420 4 Harrow 0 30 0 0 Havering 0 0 0 0 Hillingdon 0 492 0 0 Hounslow 146 417 78 0 Islington 188 171 481 0 Kensington and Chelsea 0 150 180 0 Kingston upon Thames 0 35 0 0 Lambeth 153 550 497 200 Lewisham 0 411 423 0 Merton 0 5 5 2 Newham 250 100 315 0 Redbridge 26 400 400 87 Richmond upon Thames 41 0 0 0 Southwark 128 51 419 0 Sutton 0 23 23 0 Tower Hamlets 0 0 275 0 Waltham Forest 1,110 282 541 5 Wandsworth 282 600 250 366 Westminster 107 188 251 60 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Autumn 2000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. LEA name LEA maintained Private Voluntary Independent England 11,282 30,025 25,941 4,808 Barking and Dagenham 30 10 60 0 Barnet 0 41 40 0 Bexley 0 0 74 0 Brent 0 750 50 0 Bromley 0 170 171 0 Camden 214 172 189 0 City of London 0 0 0 0 Croydon 0 450 450 0 Ealing 25 335 50 0 Enfield 0 886 0 0 Greenwich 10 205 273 186 Hackney 95 15 231 284 Hammersmith and Fulham 0 329 41 10 Haringey 650 25 25 4 Harrow 0 300 0 0 Havering 240 56 13 9 Hillingdon 0 554 0 0 Hounslow 146 135 25 0 Islington 188 171 469 0 Kensington and Chelsea 150 180 0 0 Kingston upon Thames 0 35 0 0 Lambeth 153 550 497 200 Lewisham 0 430 423 0 Merton 0 5 5 2 Newham 250 450 450 0 Redbridge 26 400 400 87 Richmond upon Thames 4 0 0 0 Southwark 128 51 419 0 Sutton 0 23 23 0 Tower Hamlets 0 0 275 0 Waltham Forest 1,110 282 541 5 Wandsworth 799 589 265 366 Westminster 107 188 251 60 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Spring 2001 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. LEA name LEA maintained Private Voluntary Independent England 10,673 30,937 28,006 2,569 Barking and Dagenham 35 30 259 0 Barnet 0 41 40 0 Bexley 0 0 45 0 Brent 0 750 50 0 Bromley 0 170 171 0 Camden 364 311 222 3 City of London 1 0 0 0 Croydon 0 450 450 0 Ealing 25 335 50 0 Enfield 0 1,314 0 0 Greenwich 10 205 273 186 Hackney 179 121 490 340 Hammersmith and Fulham 0 327 41 10 Haringey 120 50 430 4 Harrow 0 300 0 0 Havering 0 0 0 0 Hillingdon 0 432 0 0 Hounslow 146 257 48 0 Islington 188 171 481 0 Kensington and Chelsea 150 180 0 0 Kingston upon Thames 0 35 0 0 Lambeth 153 550 497 200 Lewisham 0 430 448 0 Merton 0 15 10 2 Newham 250 100 250 0 Redbridge 26 400 400 87 Richmond upon Thames 41 0 0 0 Southwark 128 51 419 0 Sutton 0 23 23 0 Tower Hamlets 0 0 275 0 Waltham Forest 1,110 282 541 5 Wandsworth 297 629 265 366 Westminster 107 188 251 60 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Estimates based upon an analysis of Early-Years Development and Childcare Partnership Plans

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

122709; 351 c128-34W;351 c128-33W

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Finance Greater London Pre-school education Local education authorities

Contains statistics

Yes

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