Mr. David Adamsasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education what steps he proposes to take with a view to providing nursery schools in districts which do not yet have them; and whether he is aware that in certain distressed areas, having a special need for such schools, the financial position is such that they cannot be provided under existing arrangements?
Mr. LindsayIn Circular 1444 issued in January, 1936, the Board asked all authorities to survey the needs of their areas for nursery school provision. The Board are fully aware of the financial difficulties of certain authorities, but among the schools recently established or now being provided are several in the Special Areas.
642Was to the numbers of the nursing and medical staff per 1,000 children at school in England and Wales, and also in the county of Durham, together with the comparative figures for the years 1936 and 1937?