§ 73. Mr. G. Thomasasked the Minister of Education if she will state the number of education committees in Wales which do not provide nursery school accommodation; the total number of nursery school places available in Wales; and the total number of qualified teachers employed in nursery schools in Wales.
§ Miss WilkinsonEleven local education authorities in Wales are not at present providing nursery school accommodation. The nursery schools recognised in 1940 provided 680 places on prewar 2515 standards; additional nursery school places will be provided in so far as existing wartime nurseries become nursery schools. Up-to-date figures for the qualified teachers employed are not available, but staffing has hitherto been generally at the rate of one qualified teacher to each forty children.