HC Deb 22 February 1940 vol 357 c1576W
Dr. H. Guest

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education what is the number of day nursery schools evacuated to reception areas; how many of them are established as residential nursery schools; and what is the total number of children in attendance?

Mr. Lindsay

At the present time there are 56 day nursery schools evacuated to the reception areas. All of them are functioning as residential schools. The number of children now in attendance at the schools is not known and could not be ascertained without special inquiry from each school. The number of children accommodated in these schools before the war was about 3,400.