Mr. T. Morrisasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he is taking any special steps to encourage the establishment of nursery schools in the industrial districts of Wales; and how many such schools already exist?
Mr. LindsayIn Circular 1444, of which a separate edition was issued to local education authorities in Wales by the Welsh Department of the Board of Education, the Board urged the authorities to survey the needs of their areas as regards provision for children under five years of age and to consider how far they call for expansion or improvement, whether in nursery schools or in elementary schools. The Board made it clear in that Circular that they regarded the provision of nursery schools as desirable for children whose physical conditions and surroundings necessitate the continuous medical care and the feeding which are characteristic of such schools, and they would welcome increased provision of nursery schools for children of this type in the industrial districts of Wales, where four such schools already exist.