§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the current provision of (a) playgroups and (b) nursery schools in each Welsh county, expressed in days available each week.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonThe information available is given in the following table:
Number of premises Nursery schools* Day nurseries/centres† ‡ Playgroups† ‡ Clwyd 5 14 174 Dyfed 4 — 160 Gwent 15 4 114 Gwynedd — 4 147 Mid Glamorgan 23 6 123 Powys — — 61 South Glamorgan 10 17 119 West Glamorgan 2 7 49 * At September 1985. † At 31 March 1985. ‡ Includes facilities provided by local authorities and other registered premises. The nursery schools are open for five days each week, but no information is available centrally on the number of days for which day nurseries/centres and playgroups are open. These figures exclude provision for nursery classes in maintained primary schools.