HC Deb 20 February 1991 vol 186 cc148-9W
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list in rank order the percentage of under-fives in maintained nursery and primary schools in each Welsh local education authority.

Sir Wyn Roberts

The information as at January 1990 is as follows:

Percentage of under-fives in nursery schools1 2
Local education authority Percentage
Gwent 9.0
Mid Glamorgan 8.3
South Glamorgan 7.2
Clwyd 2.8
West Glamorgan 2.5
Dyfed 2.2

Percentage of under-fives in primary schools 1
Local education authority Percentage
West Glamorgan 87.3
Clwyd 73.5
Mid Glamorgan 67.3
Dyfed 61.4
Gwent 60.2
Powys 50.6
South Glamorgan 48.1
Gwynedd 41.2
1 Aged as at December 1989 expressed as a percentage of the three-and four-year-old population.
2 There are no nursery schools in Gwynedd or Powys.