Nursery Schools and Nursery Classes (Pupils)

HC Deb 05 February 1968 vol 758 cc27-8W

Mr. Bob Brown

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will state the numbers of nursery school and nursery class places in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and the Northern Region with comparative figures the other regions of the United Kingdom and if he will list such numbers as a percentage of the school populations.

Miss Bacon

The information is as follows:

Area or Region	Pupils in maintained nursery schools and in nursery classes in primary schools in January, 1967
	Numbers	As percentage of all pupils in maintained schools
Newcastle upon Tyne	384	1.0
Region
Northern	4,390	0.8
Yorks and Humberside	8,879	1.2
East Midland	5,286	1.0
East Anglia	2,114	0.9
Greater London	16,687	1.6
Other South East	8,218	0.6
South Western	3,436	0.6
West Midland	8,913	1.1
North Western	15,832	1.5
Wales	11,941	2.6
England and Wales	85,696	1.2