HC Deb 06 July 1966 vol 731 cc74-5W
Miss Lestor

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science in which areas nursery classes have been established in order to assist in recruitment of married women teachers; and on what basis has their provision been planned.

Mr. Redhead

By January of this year, the following 33 local education authorities had set up a total of 53 nursery classes as an aid to teacher recruitment, under the conditions laid down in Addendum No. 1 to Circular 8/60 (superseded in December, 1965 by Addendum No. 2):

Bedfordshire (2 classes); Berkshire (1); Buckinghamshire (2); Essex (4); Kent (3); Nottinghamshire (1); Staffordshire (1); Surrey (1); Warwickshire (1); Wiltshire (1); Yorkshire, North Riding (1); Bradford (2); Burtonon-Trent (1); Coventry (1); Huddersfield (1); Lincoln (1); Middlesbrough (1); Newcastle-upon-Tyne (2); Norwich (1); Nottingham (1): Portsmouth (2); Rotherham (1); Stoke-on-Trent (4); Wakefield (1); Bexley (2); Bromley (1); Enfield (1); Kingston-upon-Thames (1); Redbridge (1); Waltham Forest (1); Inner London (6); Flintshire (2); and Newport (Mon.) (1).