§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary or State for Wales if he will list the number of(a) registered pre-school nurseries and(b) registered playgroups for each academic year from 1970–71 to 1988–89 in (i) Wales as a whole and (ii) each county.
§ Sir Wyn RobertsThe available information on the numbers of registered pre-school nurseries and registered playgroups is shown in the table. Data prior to 1975 are not readily available.
Number of Registered Facilities at 31 March Clwyd Year Pre-school nurseries Play-groups 1975 6 124 1976 7 141 1977 5 154 1978 5 173 1979 6 192 1980 5 237 1981 6 169 1982 7 176 1983 8 167 1984 8 173 1985 12 173 1986 12 167 1987 15 192 1988 22 203 1989 29 194
Dyfed Year Pre-school nurseries Playgroups 1975 2 86 1976 1 105 1977 1 109 1978 — 115 1979 — 121 1980 — 129 1981 — 136 1982 — 141 1983 — 154 1984 — 158 1985 — 156 1986 — 155 1987 — 169 1988 — 197 1989 3 198 650W
Gwent Year Pre-school nurseries Playgroups 1975 3 82 1976 3 83 1977 3 96 1978 3 98 1979 3 97
Year Pre-school nurseries Playgroups 1980 3 104 1981 1 103 1982 — 112 1983 — 105 1984 — 110 1985 — 114 1986 — 121 1987 — 126 1988 — 132 1989 — 137
Gwynedd Year Pre-school nurseries Play-groups 1975 — 87 1976 — 94 1977 — 102 1978 — 111 1979 — 117 1980 — 134 1981 2 123 1982 3 129 1983 3 136 1984 3 137 1985 4 147 1986 4 149 1987 4 157 1988 6 129 1989 9 164
Mid Glamorgan Year Pre-school nurseries Play-groups 1975 15 85 1976 8 81 1977 4 96 1978 3 103 1979 4 100 1980 4 90 1981 4 92 1982 4 110 1983 5 113 1984 10 104 1985 6 117 1986 7 121 1987 9 121 1988 8 127 1989 5 137 651W
Powys Year Pre-school nurseries Playgroups 1975 1 32 1976 1 36 1977 1 38 1978 1 40 1979 1 45 1980 1 52 1981 1 53 1982 — 56 1983 — 59 1984 — 62 1985 — 61 1986 5 63 1987 6 64 1988 5 63 1989 4 66
South Glamorgan Year Pre-school nurseries Playgroups 1975 18 100 1976 20 113 1977 19 121 1978 17 120 1979 18 110 1980 16 104 1981 13 113 1982 12 109 1983 13 113 1984 14 112 1985 15 119 1986 16 115 1987 17 123 1988 19 138 1989 21 153
West Glamorgan Year Pre-school nurseries Play-groups 1975 2 46 1976 1 43 1977 1 43 1978 1 40 1979 1 39 1980 1 45 1981 1 38 1982 1 44 1983 5 44 1984 6 46 1985 6 48 1986 5 53 1987 7 47 1988 7 51 1989 14 54
Wales Year Pre-school nurseries Play-groups 1975 47 642 1976 41 696 1977 34 759 1978 30 800 1979 33 821 1980 30 895 1981 28 825 1982 27 877 1983 34 891 1984 41 902 1985 43 935 1986 49 944 1987 58 999 1988 67 1,040 1989 85 1,103