HC Deb 22 April 1991 vol 189 c324W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the number of local authority nursery school places provided by every Welsh education authority, expressed as a percentage of the eligible children in each area.

Sir Wyn Roberts

The proportion of three and four-year-olds in nursery schools in September 1990 is shown in the following table. Data on the number of places in nursery schools are not held centrally.

Percentage of 3 and 4 year old population1
Per cent.
Clwyd 1.4
Dyfed 2.5
Gwent 8.8
Mid Glamorgan 7.4
South Glamorgan 6.9
West Glamorgan 2.3
1 There are no nursery schools in Gwynedd or Powys, although, as in all counties, a significant number of other 3 and 4-year-olds attend schools either in nursery classes or in ordinary classes.