§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of the relevant age groups of Welsh children currently receive pre-school education in each Welsh county; and what was the percentage for 1979, 1980 and 1984, respectively.
§ Mr. John Stradling ThomasThe numbers of full-time and part-time pupils aged under five years of age at maintained nursery and primary schools, expressed as a percentage of the total three and four-year-olds age group, are as follows. Figures for 1984 are the latest available.
Per cent. 1979 1980 1984 Clwyd 57 59 72 Dyfed 61 62 64 Gwent 61 63 67 Gwynedd 58 60 64 Mid Glamorgan 72 73 75 Powys 53 59 61 South Glamorgan 55 53 54 West Glamorgan 85 88 88