Information on the number ofregistrations for pre-school education is provided in the following table. 3 -Year-Olds 4-Year-Olds 2003 45,046 55,608 2004 44,459 54,355 2005 41,392 50,909 2006 41,671 51,371 Please note that children arecounted once for every pre-school they attend, so these figures may contain somedouble counting. In addition, in 2006 “pre-school education” was defined as “inpartnership with the local authority” which was not the case in previous years,so figures are not directly comparable.Figures on the number of childrenregistered for pre-school education are published each year in the pre-school andchildcare statistics.