Mr. Jim Callaghanasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many teachers are employed nationally in the nursery school sector; and, of these, how many are employed in the county districts of the Greater Manchester metropolitan area.
§ Dr. BoysonIn January 1980, the latest date for which the information is available, the total full-time equivalent numbers of qualified and other teachers employed in maintained nursery schools or in nursery classes in maintained primary schools were as follows:
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Metropolitan districts in Greater Manchester Teaching staff in nursery schools and nursery classes* Bolton 50 Bury 16 Manchester 254 Oldham 40 Rochdale 41 Salford 80 Stockport 24 Tameside 40 Trafford 12 Wigan 31 Total Greater Manchester 588 England 5,974 * Including the full-time equivalent numbers of part-time teachers.
Mr. Jim Callaghanasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many whole-time nursery places are available for 100 children in the areas of educational priority.
§ Dr. BoysonStatistics for areas smaller than local education authorities are not normally compiled by my Department and the figures requested are not, therefore, readily available for areas of educational priority.