§ Mr. Thomas Coxasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the total number of children attending nursery schools in each region of Wales; and what percentage this represents of children under the age of five years.
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§ Mr. Michael RobertsThe following table shows the numbers of pupils attending nursery schools in each of the local
Number of part-time pupils in maintained nursery schools* Percentage of 3 and 4 year olds† Number of full-time pupils in maintained nursery schools* Percentage of 3 and 4 year olds † Clwyd … … … … 299 3.0 — — Dyfed … … … … 78 1.0 163 2.1 Gwent … … … … 801 7.3 426 3.9 Gwynedd … … … — — — — Mid Glamorgan … … 557 3.8 796 5.4 Powys … … … … — — — — South Glamorgan … … 791 8.2 174 1.8 West Glamorgan … … 260 2.9 249 2.8 Wales … … … … 2,786 4.0 1,808 2.6 * At January 1979 † By age at 31 December 1978. The figures shownabove relate to nursery schools and exclude pupils under five attending nursery units, nursery classes or infants' classes in primary schools.