§ Mr. Gowerasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many children below the age of normal school attendance are now receiving full-time and part-time nursery education in Wales and in Glamorgan, respectively; and what increase in these numbers is likely during the next five years.
§ Mr. Peter ThomasIn January 1972 the latest date for which information is available, the following number of children under statutory school age were attending maintained schools:
Glamorgan Full-time Part-time Nursery schools 424 214 Nursery classes 3,647 148 Other primary school classes 5,910 25 Wales Nursery schools 1,207 1,919 Nursery classes 5,889 1,219 Other primary school classes 23,334 116 Projects included in the urban aid programmes will add a further 3,430 full-time equivalent nursery places in Wales by 1975.
In addition the nursery programme announced last December includes£1.8 million for 1974–76 and this will provide over 4,000 additional full-time equivalent places in Wales.
By 1978 I expect about 20,000 full-time nursery places to be available in Wales.