§ Mr. Roderickasked the Secretary of State for Wales what are the nursery education building programme allocations for 1978–79 for authorities in Wales.
Mr. Barry JanesThe nursery education building programme allocations for 1978–79 are as follows:
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£ (1978 prices) Gwent 49,100 Gwynedd 18,000 Mid-Glamorgan 82,900 Powys 27,300 South Glamorgan 13,600 West Glamorgan 49,100 No bids for nursery education building resources for the year were made by Clwyd or Dyfed county councils.
§ 95. Mr. Roderickasked the Secretary of State for Wales which local authorities in Wales did not take up their building allocation for nursery education in 1976–77.
§ Mr. Barry JonesAll local education authorities in Wales took up their final building allocations for nursery education in 1976–77.
§ Mr. Roderickasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many places there are in maintained nursery schools and in nursery classes of maintained primary schools in each authority in Wales; and what percentage these represent of the total numbers in the appropriate age range, assuming that the number of children of nursery age is about a half of the 1-to-4-year age group.
§ Mr. Barry JonesThe information is not available in precisely the form requested. The following table shows the numbers of children in nursery schools plus those under 5 in primary schools for each LEA in Wales and shows these figures as a percentage of the population in the 2–4 age group. Children under 2 years of age cannot attend nursery school.
Number of children attending nursery schools plus under fives in primary schools* (1)as a percentage of the forecast population in the 2–4 age group (1) (2) Clwyd 5,357 33.9 Dyfed 3,480 29.5 Gwent 6,609 37.3 Gwynedd 3,337 36.7 Mid-Glamorgan 9,683 42.3 Powys 993 26.8 South Glamorgan 4,521 30.1 West Glamorgan 6,947 47.9 40,927 37.1 * Figures as at September 1977.