§ 29. Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish the numbers of children receiving nursery school education, expressed as a percentage of the nursery school child population, in(a) Gwent, (b) Wales and (c) Great Britain.
§ Mr. DunnThe numbers of full-time and part-time pupils under five in January 1986, the latest year for which comparable figures are available, attending nursery schools in Gwent, Wales and Great Britain expressed as a percentage of the estimated 3 and 4-year-old population are as follows:
Percentage Gwent 10.0 Wales 5.6 Great Britain 6.6 Some children aged under five are educated in nursery classes in primary schools. They are not included in the above figures.
§ 43. Ms. PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proportion of children under five years with working mothers received nursery education provision between 1980–81 and 1986–87; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when his Department intends to update its January 1986 statistics on the provision of education for the under-fives.
§ Mr. DunnIt is hoped to publish the statistical bulletin on "Pupils Under Five Years in Each Local Education Authority in England—January 1987" in April.