§ Sir George Youngasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what steps she is taking to encourage nursery schools and nursery classes to open earlier and to close later.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonThis must be a matter for local education authorities who would have to take into account the additional staffing required for the longer day. Provision for children in need of full-time day care and education normally requires the co-operation of local education and social services departments, which my Department and the Department of Health and Social Security sought to encourage in the joint circular letter issued last year.