§ Dr. HASTINGSasked the President of the Board of Education the approximate number of children at present receiving instruction in nursery schools maintained by the local education authorities and voluntary schools recognised for grants, respectively?
§ Sir C. TREVELYANThe latest precise figures are those relating to the 30 nursery schools which were recognised during the year ended 31st March, 1930. Adding to these figures, a rough estimate of the numbers likely to be in attendance at the 10 new schools recognised since that date, I estimate that there are at present some 1,350 children attending nursery schools provided by local education authorities, and some 950 at schools provided by voluntary bodies.
§ Dr. HASTINGSasked the President of the Board of Education the number of the 70W nurse schools existing and contemplated which are maintained respectively by the local education authorities and voluntary schools recognised for grants?
§ Sir C. TREVELYANOf the 40 recognised nursery schools, 20 are provided by local education authorities and 20 by voluntary bodies. Of 27 proposals for new nursery schools which are now under consideration, or for which plans have been approved, 20 have been submitted by local education authorities and seven by voluntary bodies. The programmes of local education authorities for 1930–33 contain preliminary proposals for 44 further schools.