HC Deb 24 March 1988 vol 130 c226W
Rev. Ian Paisley

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what proportion of four-year-olds attend(a) nursery education provision, (b) primary school and (c) pre-school playgroup provision;

(2) what proportion of three-year-olds attend (a) nursery education provision, (b) primary school and (c) pre-school playgroup provision.

Dr. Mawhinney

[holding answer 21 March 1988]: Available information is as follows:

percentage of the combined numbers of three and four-year-olds who attended pre-school playgroups, including playbuses, was 24.2 per cent.