§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is his latest assessment of the number of children in the 3 to 5 age group.
§ Mr. ArmstrongI understand from the Registrar General's Department that the following are the estimated numbers of children in England and Wales at the relevant ages at mid-1974: 3-year-olds, 772,000; 4-year-olds, 751,000; 5-year-olds, 780,000.