HC Deb 22 March 1984 vol 56 cc580-1W
Mr. Gordon Brown

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many children were attending preschool playgroups in 1983 and in each year from 1979.

Mr. Newton

Information is not collected centrally in the form requested. Figures on the estimated number of places in local authority and registered playgroups in England at 31 March each year from 1979 to 1983 are as follows:

Places available in playgroups
31 March:
1979 365,604
1980 367,868
1981 367,977
1982 *
1983 †380,017
* Reliable data not available.
† Provisional.

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