HC Deb 25 May 1989 vol 153 cc647-8W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the number of nursery school places per 1,000 children in each of the counties of Wales; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Peter Walker

The number of children in each county in nursery school or in a nursery class in a primary school per 1,000 of 3 and 4-year-olds is as follows:

Number
Clwyd 416
Dyfed 261
Gwent 344
Gwynedd 235
Mid Glamorgan 446
Powys 280
South Glamorgan 302
West Glamorgan 566
Wales 372

As at January 1988.

Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what measures he will take to increase the number of nursery school places in the local education authorities of Wales; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Peter Walker

It is for individual local education authorities to decide whether they wish to increase the numbers of nursery school places, in the light of local needs and circumstances.