§ Mr. J. E. B. Hillasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will set out in tabular form the bids received in response to Circular 19/68 from the 34 urban authorities with areas of special social need, giving the number of nursery school projects, their estimated capital and recurrent costs, and the estimated number of child places to be provided.
§ Miss BaconBids have been received from 22 of the 24 local education authorities included in the urban programme, as follows. The Inner London Education Authority is responsible for education in the areas of the 11 Inner London Boroughs included in the programme.
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§ Mr. E. B. Hillasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is his estimate of the number of already existing child places in nursery schools or classes in the 34 urban authorities referred to in Circular 19/68.
§ Miss BaconThe table below shows the number of pupils in maintained nur-
Nursery Schools Nursery Classes in Primary Schools L.E.A. Full-time pupils Part-time pupils Full-time pupils Part-time pupils Birmingham … … … 1,042 362 1,537 132 Bootle … … … — — 105 — Bradford … … … 182 67 666 293 Brent … … … 108 — 1,013 — Croydon … … … 80 70 424 — Derby … … … 99 34 309 112 Dewsbury … … … 89 410 28 61 Ealing … … … 42 — 1,332 240 Gateshead … … … 40 — 59 — Haringey … … … 149 92 383 219 Huddersfield … … … — — — — Leicester … … … 11 — 1,381 1,584 Liverpool … … … 321 104 766 36 Manchester … … … 255 124 3,115 1,164 Newcastle … … … 80 6 238 — Newham … … … 83 318 61 329 Nottingham … … … 82 120 457 507 South Shields … … … — — 30 60 Sunderland … … … 50 92 362 60 Waltham Forest … … … 76 1 51 12 Warley … … … 168 — 512 2 West Bromwich … … … — — 386 137 Wolverhampton … … … 20 40 415 23 I.L.E.A. … … … 591 1,562 2,668 5,392 Total … … … 3,586 3,402 16,298 10,363
§ Mr. J. E. B. Hillasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is his estimate of the capital and recurrent costs of places in nursery schools and classes.
§ Miss BaconThe capital cost of new purpose-built nursery schools is about £400 per place, and recurrent costs of existing nursery schools are about £150 per place per annum. Separate figures for nursery classes are not available.