§ Ms. ArmstrongTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of the child population under the age of three years is cared for in local authority day nurseries, for each local authority in England and Wales.
§ Mrs. Currie[holding answer 25 November 1988]: We do not hold information in exactly the form requested. However, figures for numbers of children aged under five on registers of local authorities in England are published on an annual basis in "Children's Day Care Facilities at 31 March", copies of which are available in the Library of the House.
In 1987 there were 34,700 children on registers of local authority day nurseries in England, that is 1.2 per cent. of the population aged under five. Figures for Welsh authorities are a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.