HC Deb 05 July 1990 vol 175 cc649-51W
Mr. Michael

To ask the Secretary or State for Wales if he will list the number of(a) registered pre-school nurseries and(b) registered playgroups for each academic year from 1970–71 to 1988–89 in (i) Wales as a whole and (ii) each county.

Sir Wyn Roberts

The available information on the numbers of registered pre-school nurseries and registered playgroups is shown in the table. Data prior to 1975 are not readily available.

Number of Registered Facilities at 31 March Clwyd
Year Pre-school nurseries Play-groups
1975 6 124
1976 7 141
1977 5 154
1978 5 173
1979 6 192
1980 5 237
1981 6 169
1982 7 176
1983 8 167
1984 8 173
1985 12 173
1986 12 167
1987 15 192
1988 22 203
1989 29 194

Dyfed
Year Pre-school nurseries Playgroups
1975 2 86
1976 1 105
1977 1 109
1978 115
1979 121
1980 129
1981 136
1982 141
1983 154
1984 158
1985 156
1986 155
1987 169
1988 197
1989 3 198

Gwent
Year Pre-school nurseries Playgroups
1975 3 82
1976 3 83
1977 3 96
1978 3 98
1979 3 97

Year Pre-school nurseries Playgroups
1980 3 104
1981 1 103
1982 112
1983 105
1984 110
1985 114
1986 121
1987 126
1988 132
1989 137

Gwynedd
Year Pre-school nurseries Play-groups
1975 87
1976 94
1977 102
1978 111
1979 117
1980 134
1981 2 123
1982 3 129
1983 3 136
1984 3 137
1985 4 147
1986 4 149
1987 4 157
1988 6 129
1989 9 164

Mid Glamorgan
Year Pre-school nurseries Play-groups
1975 15 85
1976 8 81
1977 4 96
1978 3 103
1979 4 100
1980 4 90
1981 4 92
1982 4 110
1983 5 113
1984 10 104
1985 6 117
1986 7 121
1987 9 121
1988 8 127
1989 5 137

Powys
Year Pre-school nurseries Playgroups
1975 1 32
1976 1 36
1977 1 38
1978 1 40
1979 1 45
1980 1 52
1981 1 53
1982 56
1983 59
1984 62
1985 61
1986 5 63
1987 6 64
1988 5 63
1989 4 66

South Glamorgan
Year Pre-school nurseries Playgroups
1975 18 100
1976 20 113
1977 19 121
1978 17 120
1979 18 110
1980 16 104
1981 13 113
1982 12 109
1983 13 113
1984 14 112
1985 15 119
1986 16 115
1987 17 123
1988 19 138
1989 21 153

West Glamorgan
Year Pre-school nurseries Play-groups
1975 2 46
1976 1 43
1977 1 43
1978 1 40
1979 1 39
1980 1 45
1981 1 38
1982 1 44
1983 5 44
1984 6 46
1985 6 48
1986 5 53
1987 7 47
1988 7 51
1989 14 54

Wales
Year Pre-school nurseries Play-groups
1975 47 642
1976 41 696
1977 34 759
1978 30 800
1979 33 821
1980 30 895
1981 28 825
1982 27 877
1983 34 891
1984 41 902
1985 43 935
1986 49 944
1987 58 999
1988 67 1,040
1989 85 1,103