14 Table 1 shows the numbers of usual residents in the age range 0 to 4 in 15 Local Authorities (LAs) in 2001 and 2011. The table also shows the increase in the numbers in this age group, and the same increase as a percentage.
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| 2001 | 2011 | Increase | \% Increase |
| Bolton | 16779 | 18765 | 1986 | 11.84\% |
| Bury | 11117 | 12235 | 1118 | 10.06\% |
| Knowsley | 9454 | 9121 | -333 | -3.52\% |
| Liverpool | 24840 | 26099 | 1259 | 5.07\% |
| Manchester | 24693 | 36413 | 11720 | 47.46\% |
| Oldham | 15196 | 16491 | 1295 | 8.52\% |
| Rochdale | 13771 | 14754 | 983 | 7.14\% |
| Salford | 12529 | 16255 | 3726 | 29.74\% |
| Sefton | 14896 | 14601 | -295 | -1.98\% |
| St. Helens | 10083 | 10269 | 186 | 1.84\% |
| Stockport | 16457 | 17342 | 885 | 5.38\% |
| Tameside | 12803 | 14439 | 1636 | 12.78\% |
| Trafford | 11971 | 14870 | 2899 | 24.22\% |
| Wigan | 17561 | 19681 | 2120 | 12.07\% |
| Wirral | 17475 | 18514 | 1039 | 5.95\% |
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\caption{Table 1}
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Fig. 2 shows the increase in each LA in raw numbers, and Fig. 3 shows the percentage increase in each LA.
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\caption{Fig. 2}
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\caption{Fig. 3}
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- The Education Committees in these LAs need to plan for the provision of schools for pupils in their districts.
- Explain why, in this context, the increase is more important than the actual numbers.
- In which of the following LAs was there likely to have been the greatest need for extra teachers in the years following 2011: Bolton, Sefton, Tameside or Wigan? Give a reason for your answer.
- State an assumption about the populations needed to make your answer in part (ii) valid.
- In two of the 15 LAs the proportion of young families is greater than in the other 13 LAs. Suggest, using only data from Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 and/or Table 1, which two LAs these are most likely to be.