§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many playgroups were registered with each local authority social services department in each year
PREMISES REGISTERED WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES UNDER SECTION 1 OF THE NURSERIES AND CHILD-MINDERS REGULATION ACT 1948 Local Authority 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 Anglesey … 24 24 — — — Brecon … 8 10 — — — Caernarvon … 42 43 — — — Cardigan … 22 27 — — — Carmarthen … 11 20 — — — Denbigh … 56 68 — — — Flint … 54 63 — — — Glamorgan … 138 162 — — — Merioneth … Individual breakdowns not available 10 11 — — — Monmouth … 59 70 — — — Montgomery … 13 20 — — — Pembrokeshire … 30 32 — — — Radnorshire … 3 3 — — — Cardiff … 60 72 — — — Merthyr … 2 2 — — — Newport … 14 20 — — — Swansea … 17 17 — — — Clwyd … — — — — 129 148 159 Dyfed … — — — — 88 106 110 Gwent … — — — — 85 86 99 Gwynedd … — — — — 87 94 102 Mid-Glamorgan … — — — — 100 89 100 Powys … — — — — 32 37 38 South Glamorgan … — — — — 118 133 140 West Glamorgan … — — — — 48 44 44 Wales Total … 347 433 563 664 687 737 792 I regret that there are no records which provide readily the information sought in the second part of the Question.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of state for Wales what was the total
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§ Mr. John MorrisStatistics on the basis of the present local education authorities are available only for the years since 1974. The number of pupils under five attending nursery schools, classes or units or other classes is as follows:
since 1970; and if he will indicate how many of these playgroups are (a) Welsh-medium, (b) bilingual and (c) English-medium.
§ Mr. John MorrisThe number of playgroups registered with each local authority in Wales during the year ending 31st March 1973 and the years following is shown in the table below.
allocation made by his Department in each year since 1976 to Mudiad Ysgolion 671W Meithrin and the Pre-school Playgroups Association for (a) equipment, (b) part-time field staff and (c) central organisation; and if he will specify any condition attached to this funding.
1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 £ £ £ £ Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin … 24,400 36,200 46,375 60,000 Pre-school Play-groups Association … 11,364 17,450 28,000 36,000 The amount for 1978–79 in each case the maximum payable.
The grants are intended to provide financial support centrally to these two national organisations and are to cover running expenses but not capital expenditure. In deciding on the total amount of grant for each organisation, account is taken of estimates of expenditure on various items but it is for the organisation to determine how the money is spent, subject to the following conditions:
- (a) that the Welsh Office is satisfied as to the efficiency and scope of the services provided by the organisation;
- (b) that the organisation provides such information relating to the services provided by it as may be required;
- (c) that the organisation sends to the Welsh Office as soon as possible after the end of the financial year audited accounts of income and expenditure for the year; and
- (d) that the organisation's officers will continue to collaborate with the officers of the other organisation so as to complement each other's work.
All recorded road accidents involving personal injury or death in Wales Drivers involved in accidents with positive (or failed to provide) breath tests Colume (2) as a percentage of colume (1) (1) (2) (3) 1969 … … … … 11,538 380 3.3 1970 … … … … 12,308 567 4.6 1971 … … … … 11,864 713 6.0 1972 … … … … 12,314 792 6.4 1973 … … … … 12,079 919 7.6 1974 … … … … 11,393 881 7.7 1975 … … … … 11,075 868 7.8 1976 … … … … 11,498 729 6.3 1977 … … … … 11,460* 697 6.1* *Provisional figures.