HC Deb 06 July 1931 vol 254 c1723
77. Dr. HASTINGS

asked the President of the Board of Education the number of nursery schools completed, being built, and sanctioned in connection with provided and unprovided schools to date, and how many of these schools in each class are of the open-air type?

The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of EDUCATION (Mr. Morgan Jones)

There are 44 nursery schools recognised by the Board of Education, 23 being provided schools and 21 voluntary schools. There are 11 provided and three voluntary schools in course of erection. In addition, preliminary proposals have been sanctioned for 12 provided schools. Practically all the schools now being built are open-air schools; of the existing schools the majority are planned on open-air lines and the remainder have good open-air facilities.