§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the number of children in each local education authority and in Wales in full- or part-time nursery education; and if he will express each total in each authority area, and for Wales, per 100 children of nursery age.
§ Mr. John MorrisThe table below gives for each authority in Wales:
- (a) the number of pupils aged under five in a nursery school or in a nursery class in a primary school who were receiving education either full-time or part-time in January 1974;
- (b) the figures in (a) expressed per 100 children aged three and four;
- (c) the number of pupils aged under five in other classes in primary schools; and
393 - (d) the figures in (c) expressed per 100
(a) (b) (c) (d) Authority Number of Pupils Percentage Number of Pupils Percentage Clwyd … … … … 817 6.9 4,003 33.6 Dyfed … … … … 610 7.0 3,593 41.3 Gwent … … … … 2,347 16.5 4,564 32.1 Gwynedd … … … 2,702 40.9 583 8.8 Mid Glamorgan … … 5,578 31.8 4,532 25.9 Powys … … … … 521 19.3 1,039 38.5 South Glamorgan … … 1,585 13.2 2,873 23.8 West Glamorgan … … 2,370 22.1 3,136 29.3 Wales Total … … 16,530 19.6 24,323 28.8