§ 23. Mr. Wyattasked the Minister of Health how many children were attending day nurseries controlled by local authorities on 31st March, 1946; and how many of these were, respectively, the children of unmarried or separated mothers and of mothers living with their husbands.
§ Mr. BevanAverage attendances during March, 1946, totalled 44,169. The number of children on the registers on the last day of the month was 53,803. I regret that the information asked for in the second part of the Question is not available.