HC Deb 13 November 1989 vol 160 c35W
Ms. Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what are the latest figures for the percentage of under-fives in nursery schools, by local education authority in Wales in rank order.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

The information as at January 1989 is shown in the following table:

Percentage of under fives in Nursery Schools1 2
Per cent.
Gwent 9.6
Mid Glamorgan 8.4
South Glamorgan 7.3
Clwyd 3.2
Dyfed 2.5
West Glamorgan 2.5
1 Aged as at August 1988, excluding rising fives, expressed as a percentage of the number of three and four-year-old population.
2 There are no nursery schools in Gwynedd or Powys.

Ms. Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what are the latest figures for the percentage of under-fives in nursery classes, by local education authorities in Wales, in rank order.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

The information as at January 1989 is shown in the following table:

Percentage of under fives in nursery classes1
Per cent.
West Glamorgan 52.3
Clwyd 40.9
Mid Glamorgan 33.5
Gwent 25.7
Powys 25.3
Dyfed 25.0
South Glamorgan 22.8
Gwynedd 15.2
1 Aged as at August 1988, excluding rising fives, expressed as a percentage of the three and four-year-old population.