Day Nurseries (Hansard, 14 February 1975)

§ Mrs. Renée Short
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many day nurseries there are in England, listed for each local authority; and how many places they provide.

§ Dr. Owen
At 31st March 1974 there were 507 local authority day nurseries and 1,175 private nurseries and nursery classes, providing 24,552 and 24,332 places respectively. The total of nurseries and private nursery classes in each authority is given below; numbers of local authority day nurseries are shown in brackets.

NORTHERN REGION

Cumberland CC 1 (—)

Durham CC 13 (1)

Northumberland CC 7 (1)

Westmorland CC 1 (—)

Carlisle CB 3 (1)

Darlington CB 1 (—)

Gateshead CB 4 (2)

Hartlepool CB 3 (2)

Newcastle upon Tyne CB 10 (5)

South Shields CB 7 (3)

Sunderland CB 3 (3)

Teesside CB 25 (6)

Tynemouth CB 1 (—)

YORKSHIRE REGION

East Riding CC 3 (—)

North Riding CC 25 (—)

West Riding CC 5 (5)

Barnsley CB 17 (—)

Bradford CB 7 (7)

Dewsbury CB 1 (1)

Doncaster CB 4 (—)

Halifax CB 2 (2)

Huddersfield CB 5 (4)

Kingston upon Hull CB 14 (1)

Leeds CB 24 (8)

Rotherham CB 1 (—)

Sheffield CB 6 (6)

Wakefield CB 1 (1)

York CB 3 (2)

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NORTH-WESTERN REGION

Cheshire CC 23 (14)

Lancashire CC 65 (55)

Barrow in Furness CB 2 (1)

Birkenhead CB 5 (2)

Blackburn CB 5 (5)

Blackpool CB 6 (1)

Bolton CB 5 (4)

Bootle CB 1 (1)

Burnley CB 1 (1)

Bury CB 1 (1)

Chester CB 1 (—)

Liverpool CB 36 (14)

Manchester CB 45 (23)

Oldham CB 4 (1)

Preston CB 4 (3)

Rochdale CB 2 (1)

St. Helens CB 1 (1)

Salford CB 7 (2)

Southport CB 6 (2)

Stockport CB 2 (2)

Wallasey CB 3 (3)

Warrington CB 1 (1)

Wigan CB 4 (1)

WEST MIDLANDS REGION

Herefordshire CC 7 (1)

Salop CC 3 (—)

Staffordshire CC 6 (2)

Warwickshire CC 8 (—)

Worcestershire CC 3 (—)

Birmingham CB 46 (20)

Burton upon Trent CB 1 (—)

Coventry CB 12 (9)

Stoke on Trent CB 7 (5)

Walsall CB 9 (3)

Warley CB 3 (2)

Wolverhampton CB 3 (3)

Worcester CB 2 (—)

EAST MIDLANDS REGION

Derbyshire CC 7 (4)

Leicestershire CC 3 (2)

Lincolnshire-Holland CC 37 (—)

Lincolnshire-Kesteven CC 3 (1)

Lincolnshire-Lindsey CC 1 (—)

Northamptonshire CC 21 (—)

Nottinghamshire CC 30 (5)

Derby CB 6 (5)

Grimsby CB 1 (—)

Leicester CB 13 (6)

Lincoln CB 2 (1)

Northampton CB 9 (—)

Nottingham CB 15 (10)

LONDON NORTH REGION

Bedfordshire CC 12 (2)

Buckinghamshire CC 6 (1)

Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely CC 13 (2)

Essex CC 64 (6)

Hertfordshire CC 26 (8)

Huntingdonshire and Peterborough CC 3 (1)

Norfolk CC 3 (1)

Oxfordshire CC 205 (1)

Suffolk-East CC 16 (—)

Suffolk-West CC 4 (—)

Great Yarmouth CB 1 (—)

Ipswich CB 1 (1)

Luton CB 3 (3)

Norwich CB 1 (1)

Oxford CB 2 (2)

Reading CB 13 (1)

Southend On Sea CB 1 (1)

240W

LONDON CENTRAL REGION

Camden LB 22 (10)

Greenwich LB 6 (3)

Hackney LB 10 (7)

Hammersmith LB 11 (7)

Islington LB 15 (9)

Kensington and Chelsea LB 12 (5)

Lambeth LB 24 (12)

Lewisham LB 7 (5)

Southwark LB 8 (8)

Tower Hamlets LB 8 (5)

Wandsworth LB 21 (8)

Westminster LB 23 (8)

Barking LB 3 (3)

Barnet LB 6 (4)

Bexley LB 3 (1)

Brent LB 26 (13)

Bromley LB 13 (—)

Croydon LB 4 (3)

Ealing LB 8 (6)

Enfield LB 3 (1)

Haringey LB 11 (6)

Harrow LB 4 (2)

Havering LB 15 (4)

Hillingdon LB 9 (4)

Hounslow LB 18 (3)

Kingston Upon Thames LB 8 (2)

Merton LB 8 (2)

Newham LB 5 (3)

Redbridge LB 10 (2)

Richmond Upon Thames LB 11 (3)

Sutton LB 10 (1)

Waltham Forest LB 36 (5)

LONDON SOUTH REGION

Dorset CC 10 (1)

Hampshire CC 17 (2)

Kent CC 37 (—)

Surrey CC 19 (6)

Sussex-East CC 60 (1)

Sussex-West CC 15 (—)

Wiltshire CC 16 (—)

Bournemouth CB 5 (1)

Brighton CB 5 (1)

Canterbury CB (at 31 3 73) 1 (—)

Eastbourne CB 4 (1)

Hastings CB 3 (—)

Portsmouth CB 4 (3)

Southampton CB 4 (2)

SOUTH-WESTERN REGION

Cornwall CC 1 (—)

Devon CC 2 (—)

Gloucestershire CC 3 (3)

Somerset CC 7 (3)

Bath CB 1 (1)

Bristol CB 15 (9)

Exeter CB 3 (1)

Gloucester CB 5 (5)

Plymouth CB 5 (1)

Torbay CB 3 (—)

§ Mrs. Renée Short
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many-more day nurseries will be provided in England and Wales by the end of the 1976 financial year; and the number of additional places expected.

§ Dr. Owen
It is for local authorities to initiate and phase plans for building day 241W nurseries subject to approval if they wish to finance them from loans. Projects expected to receive loan consent in the current financial year would increase by 14 the number of day nurseries and provide 681 additional places. Projects provisionally approved under the Urban Programme of the 1975–76 social services capital programme would increase the number of nurseries by 46 and provide about 1,800 additional places. But neither I nor my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Wales, who has responsibility for the social services in Wales, can predict how many of these projects will be completed by the end of the financial year.

NORTHERN REGION
Cumberland CC	1	(—)
Durham CC	13	(1)
Northumberland CC	7	(1)
Westmorland CC	1	(—)
Carlisle CB	3	(1)
Darlington CB	1	(—)
Gateshead CB	4	(2)
Hartlepool CB	3	(2)
Newcastle upon Tyne CB	10	(5)
South Shields CB	7	(3)
Sunderland CB	3	(3)
Teesside CB	25	(6)
Tynemouth CB	1	(—)
YORKSHIRE REGION
East Riding CC	3	(—)
North Riding CC	25	(—)
West Riding CC	5	(5)
Barnsley CB	17	(—)
Bradford CB	7	(7)
Dewsbury CB	1	(1)
Doncaster CB	4	(—)
Halifax CB	2	(2)
Huddersfield CB	5	(4)
Kingston upon Hull CB	14	(1)
Leeds CB	24	(8)
Rotherham CB	1	(—)
Sheffield CB	6	(6)
Wakefield CB	1	(1)
York CB	3	(2)

NORTH-WESTERN REGION
Cheshire CC	23	(14)
Lancashire CC	65	(55)
Barrow in Furness CB	2	(1)
Birkenhead CB	5	(2)
Blackburn CB	5	(5)
Blackpool CB	6	(1)
Bolton CB	5	(4)
Bootle CB	1	(1)
Burnley CB	1	(1)
Bury CB	1	(1)
Chester CB	1	(—)
Liverpool CB	36	(14)
Manchester CB	45	(23)
Oldham CB	4	(1)
Preston CB	4	(3)
Rochdale CB	2	(1)
St. Helens CB	1	(1)
Salford CB	7	(2)
Southport CB	6	(2)
Stockport CB	2	(2)
Wallasey CB	3	(3)
Warrington CB	1	(1)
Wigan CB	4	(1)
WEST MIDLANDS REGION
Herefordshire CC	7	(1)
Salop CC	3	(—)
Staffordshire CC	6	(2)
Warwickshire CC	8	(—)
Worcestershire CC	3	(—)
Birmingham CB	46	(20)
Burton upon Trent CB	1	(—)
Coventry CB	12	(9)
Stoke on Trent CB	7	(5)
Walsall CB	9	(3)
Warley CB	3	(2)
Wolverhampton CB	3	(3)
Worcester CB	2	(—)
EAST MIDLANDS REGION
Derbyshire CC	7	(4)
Leicestershire CC	3	(2)
Lincolnshire-Holland CC	37	(—)
Lincolnshire-Kesteven CC	3	(1)
Lincolnshire-Lindsey CC	1	(—)
Northamptonshire CC	21	(—)
Nottinghamshire CC	30	(5)
Derby CB	6	(5)
Grimsby CB	1	(—)
Leicester CB	13	(6)
Lincoln CB	2	(1)
Northampton CB	9	(—)
Nottingham CB	15	(10)
LONDON NORTH REGION
Bedfordshire CC	12	(2)
Buckinghamshire CC	6	(1)
Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely CC	13	(2)
Essex CC	64	(6)
Hertfordshire CC	26	(8)
Huntingdonshire and Peterborough CC	3	(1)
Norfolk CC	3	(1)
Oxfordshire CC	205	(1)
Suffolk-East CC	16	(—)
Suffolk-West CC	4	(—)
Great Yarmouth CB	1	(—)
Ipswich CB	1	(1)
Luton CB	3	(3)
Norwich CB	1	(1)
Oxford CB	2	(2)
Reading CB	13	(1)
Southend On Sea CB	1	(1)

LONDON CENTRAL REGION
Camden LB	22	(10)
Greenwich LB	6	(3)
Hackney LB	10	(7)
Hammersmith LB	11	(7)
Islington LB	15	(9)
Kensington and Chelsea LB	12	(5)
Lambeth LB	24	(12)
Lewisham LB	7	(5)
Southwark LB	8	(8)
Tower Hamlets LB	8	(5)
Wandsworth LB	21	(8)
Westminster LB	23	(8)
Barking LB	3	(3)
Barnet LB	6	(4)
Bexley LB	3	(1)
Brent LB	26	(13)
Bromley LB	13	(—)
Croydon LB	4	(3)
Ealing LB	8	(6)
Enfield LB	3	(1)
Haringey LB	11	(6)
Harrow LB	4	(2)
Havering LB	15	(4)
Hillingdon LB	9	(4)
Hounslow LB	18	(3)
Kingston Upon Thames LB	8	(2)
Merton LB	8	(2)
Newham LB	5	(3)
Redbridge LB	10	(2)
Richmond Upon Thames LB	11	(3)
Sutton LB	10	(1)
Waltham Forest LB	36	(5)
LONDON SOUTH REGION
Dorset CC	10	(1)
Hampshire CC	17	(2)
Kent CC	37	(—)
Surrey CC	19	(6)
Sussex-East CC	60	(1)
Sussex-West CC	15	(—)
Wiltshire CC	16	(—)
Bournemouth CB	5	(1)
Brighton CB	5	(1)
Canterbury CB (at 31 3 73)	1	(—)
Eastbourne CB	4	(1)
Hastings CB	3	(—)
Portsmouth CB	4	(3)
Southampton CB	4	(2)
SOUTH-WESTERN REGION
Cornwall CC	1	(—)
Devon CC	2	(—)
Gloucestershire CC	3	(3)
Somerset CC	7	(3)
Bath CB	1	(1)
Bristol CB	15	(9)
Exeter CB	3	(1)
Gloucester CB	5	(5)
Plymouth CB	5	(1)
Torbay CB	3	(—)