HC Deb 29 February 1988 vol 128 cc436-7W
Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many three and four-year-old children in each local education authority in Wales are in(a) full-time and (b) part-time, nursery education, in nursery schools and nursery classes of primary schools, excluding any children in reception classes in primary schools and any children in private schools; what percentage of the estimated three and four-year-old population in each local education authority area this represents; and what is the average hourly attendance, per week, of these children in (i)full-time, and (ii) part-time nursery education for the last year for which figures are available.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

The information as at January 1987 is as follows:

Pupils in nursery schools Pupils in nursery classes in Primary schools1
Full-time Part-time Pupils as percentage of three and four year old population Full-time Part-time Pupils as percentage of three and four year old population
Clwyd 372 3.8 112 3,623 38.5
Dyfed 147 109 3.2 935 914 23.1
Gwent 289 835 10.0 429 2,263 24.0
Gwynedd 901 560 27.1
Mid Glamorgan 783 440 5.5 3,639 1,467 35.7
Powys 784 34 31.5
South Glamorgan 94 669 7.3 142 2,198 22.5
West Glamorgan 222 2.5 114 4,602 52.4
1 Data relate to pupils of all ages; three and four year olds are separately identifiable.

Figures for average hourly attendance are not available.