§ Mr. H. Boardmanasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many local authority supported play schools have been established in the County of Lancashire ; how many of these are in Leigh, Atherton and Tyldesley ; and what is the annual amount of the grants in the case of these three towns.
§ Mr. Alison: I have been asked to reply.
The hon. Member is, I think, seeking information about pre-school play groups. The Lancashire County Council have appointed a play groups adviser and at present make payments totalling about £1,200 a year for children placed by them in ten such groups in areas of acute social need. None of the ten groups is in Leigh, Atherton or Tyldesley.