§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what plans he has to increase the number 298W of state-maintained Welsh-medium nursery schools.
§ Miss LestorPart of the urban programme for socially deprived areas, for which the Government has set aside £24 million over four years, is being devoted to nursery education.
It is for local authorities in conjunction with their local education committees to decide what projects to submit. None of the projects submitted so far by local authorities in Wales was for a Welsh-medium school.
Circular 8/60, which limits the expansion of nursery education because of the shortage of resources, still applies in areas which do not qualify under the urban programme.