Mr. Jim Callaghanasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proportion of three and four-year-old children are currently in nursery schools in the county districts of the Greater Manchester county council.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonThe numbers of full-time and part-time pupils aged three and four years in nursery schools or in nursery classes in primary schools in each of the metropolitan districts of Greater Manchester expressed as a percentage of the estimated populations of these age groups are given below for the latest date available.
JANUARY 1978 Metropolitan district In maintained nursery schools Percentages in nursery classes in maintained primary schools Bolton 6.9 18.7 Bury 2.6 5.8 Manchester 2.3 46.1 Oldham 3.0 13.6 Rochdale 13.0 9.1 Salford 8.9 18.4 Stockport 8.3 1.2 Tameside 5.4 15.7 Trafford 1.3 8.0 Wigan 2.7 11.9