HC Deb 21 July 1981 vol 9 c82W
Dr. Roger Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of (a) 3-year-olds and (b) 4-year-olds are receiving nursery education in special nursery units attached to infant departments of primary schools in each of the Welsh education authorities.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

The latest available information is contained in the following table. Data are not available for 3 and 4-year-olds separately.

Children aged 3 and 4 receiving education in designated nursery classes in maintained primary schools
Number * Percentage of all 3 and 4-year-olds †
Clwyd 1,903 20
Dyfed 1,489 20
Gwent 1,596 16
Gwynned 1,381 25
Mid-Glamorgan 4,057 29
Powys 443 18
South Glamorgan 1,640 18
West Glamorgan 4,013 46
* At January 1980; full-time and part-time pupils.
† By age at 31 December 1979.

Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of (a) 3-year-olds and (b) 4-year-olds receive nursery education in Wales.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

In January 1980, the latest date for which information is available, the number of full-time and part-time pupils attending either a nursery school or a designated nursery class in a primary school in Wales was 20,848, representing some 31 per cent. of the 3-year-old and 4-year-old age group. There were, in addition, 23,794 pupils aged under 5 years attending infants' classes in primary schools.

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