Under-fives

HC Deb 15 June 1978 vol 951 cc668-9W

Mr. D. E. Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the total number of under-fives in maintained schools and classes in Wales in each year since 1964 in each local education authority, both full-time and part-time, in nursery schools, nursery classes and other classes in primary schools; and if he will indicate how many of the classes are (a) Welsh-medium, (b) bilingual, (c) English-medium; and what percentage they represent of the total un

		January 1974	January 1975	January 1976	January 1977	January 1978
Clwyd	…	4,820	4,979	5,849	5,746	5,551
Dyfed	…	4,190	4,450	4,809	4,206	4,641
Gwent	…	6,906	6,935	7,454	7,307	6,828
Gwynedd	…	3,285	3,578	3,925	3,736	3,695
Mid Glamorgan	…	10,109	10,623	11,306	10,745	10,527
Powys	…	1,560	1,738	1,979	1,352	1,369
South Glamorgan	…	4,507	4,929	5,105	5,100	5,226
West Glamorgan	…	5,513	6,276	7,284	7,623	7,715
Wales Total	…	40,890	43,508	47,711	45,815	45,552

Note:

Ages are as at 31st December of the preceding year in each case.

Information on the language medium in the nursery sector is not available.