HC Deb 21 March 1994 vol 240 cc75-6W
Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many three and four-year-old children are in receipt of nursery education in each education authority area; and what percentage this represents of the total number of children of that age group in each area.

Mr. Redwood

The number and percentage of three and four-year-old children receiving nursery education in each local education authority in Wales as at January 1993 are as follows:

Number1 Per cent.1
Clwyd 8,809 83
Dyfed 5,529 64
Gwent 8,943 70
Gwynedd 2,775 46
Mid Glamorgan 11,112 71
Powys 1,582 55
South Glamorgan 7,163 61
West Glamorgan 7,925 84

1 Ages as at 31 December 1992 (estimated)

Others receive some other form of pre-school education or nursery.