§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many maintained day nursery places there were in Wales maintained by (a) local authority and (b) 197W voluntary bodies under Section 22 of the National Health Service Act 1946 in each year 1970 to 1974; and what was the ratio of places to the child population aged 4 years and under.
§ Mr. John MorrisThe information requested is as follow:
1970 1972 1973 1974 Places in day nurseries maintained by local authorities or voluntary bodies under section 22 of the NHS Act 1946 — 6 120 220 Note: In the above, the 1970 figures relate to 31st December, and those for succeeding years to 31st March. Figures for 1971 are not available
No further breakdown of these figures is available nor is it possible to give meaningful proportions of the respective 0–4 age groups.