Pre-school Education
Education
Gareth Johnson (Dartford, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children aged (a) three and (b) four years old are in free nursery places in (i) Dartford constituency, (ii) Kent and (iii) the UK.
Elizabeth Truss (South West Norfolk, Conservative)
The number of three and four-year-old children attending maintained, private, voluntary, and independent providers based in Dartford constituency, Kent, and England who were benefiting from some free early education is shown in the table.
| Number of three and four-year-old children benefiting from free early education(1, 2, 3 )January 2012 | ||
| Three-year-olds | Four-year-olds | |
| Dartford | 1,350 | 1,380 |
| Kent | 16,860 | 17,230 |
| England | 625,440 | 638,970 |
| (1 )Count of children aged three and four at 31 December in the previous calendar year. (2 )Numbers of three and four-year-olds in schools may include some two-year-olds. (3) Numbers rounded to nearest 10. Source: Early Years Census (EYC), School Census (SC), and School Level Annual School Census (SLASC) | ||
The latest figures on early education places for three and four-year-olds in England were published in Statistical First Release (SFR) 13/2012 “Provision for children under five years of age in England: January 20127”, available at the following link:
http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s001074/index.shtml
The Department for Education has responsibility for England only so figures have been provided for England instead of the UK.