§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many day care places per 10,000 population under the age of five years are currently available in each county within Wales; and what the equivalent figures were for each from 1979 to date.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettThe numbers of full-time day care places provided in day nurseries and by childminders are given in the tables:
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Day care places provided by local authorities and other registered premises/persons for children aged under five as at 31 March Clwyd Dyfed Gwent Gwynedd Mid Glamorgan Powys South Glamorgan West Glamorgan Wales 1979 Number 178 — 153 — 127 10 492 40 1,000 Rate 76.4 — 59.8 — 36.6 16.1 213.9 18.3 60.0 1980 Number 178 — 154 — 127 10 447 10 926 Rate 77.1 — 59.2 — 36.0 16.1 191.8 4.5 55.2 1981 Number 205 — 93 40 127 10 385 44 904 Rate 85.8 — 33.9 30.5 35.8 15.4 160.4 19.6 52.5 1982 Number 221 — 116 60 127 — 366 44 934 Rate 90.6 — 42.6 44.8 35.8 — 148.8 19.5 53.8 1983 Number 236 — 116 60 145 — 338 130 1,025 Rate 97.1 — 41.9 43.5 40.1 — 132.5 56.8 57.8 1984 Number 253 — 116 60 260 — 397 140 1,226 Rate 102.4 — 41.9 43.5 71.6 — 152.1 61.7 68.9 1985 Number 327 — 116 66 157 — 427 150 1,243 Rate 133.5 — 41.6 47.5 43.6 — 163.0 66.4 70.1 1986 Number 332 — 116 77 136 30 466 129 1,286 Rate 135.5 — 40.7 56.6 37.5 46.2 175.8 56.6 71.9 1987 Number 383 — 116 89 210 50 488 135 1,471 Rate 153.2 — 40.0 64.0 57.4 75.8 178.1 59.0 80.8 1988 Number 425 — 131 67 184 76 538 135 1,556 Rate 165.4 — 44.3 46.9 49.9 111.8 190.1 58.2 83.7 1989 Number 688 56 131 189 117 81 609 305 2,176 Rate 261.6 25.9 43.2 128.6 31.1 115.7 210.7 130.9 114.8 1990 Number 911 44 374 208 228 85 766 318 2,934 Rate 345.1 20.5 122.6 140.5 60.5 119.7 263.2 135.9 153.9 All rates refer to rate per 10,000 population under 5 years.
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Day care places provided by registered childminders for children aged under five as at 31 March Clwyd Dyfed Gwent Gwynedd Mid Galmorgan Powis South Glamorgan West Glamorgan Wales 1979 Number 279 142 117 218 255 45 378 58 1,492 Rate 119.7 77.2 45.7 160.3 73.5 72.6 164.3 26.6 89.6 1980 Number 402 191 151 231 289 59 499 45 1,867 Rate 174.0 103.2 58.1 171.1 81.9 95.2 214.2 20.5 111.2 1981 Number 362 219 172 149 489 50 632 110 2,183 Rate 151.5 112.3 62.8 113.7 137.7 76.9 263.3 49.1 126.7 1982 Number 271 266 232 187 587 83 695 175 2,496 Rate 111.1 137.1 85.3 139.6 165.4 125.8 282.5 77.4 143.7 1983 Number 376 232 283 185 886 95 696 196 2,948 Rate 154.7 114.3 102.2 134.1 244.8 146.2 272.9 85.6 166.4 1984 Number 634 269 357 248 1,667 114 869 314 4,472 Rate 256.7 133.2 128.9 179.7 459.2 178.1 333.0 138.3 251.4 1985 Number 634 287 415 307 980 135 1,006 436 4,200 Rate 258.8 144.9 148.7 220.9 272.2 214.3 384.0 192.9 237.0 1986 Number 894 309 468 268 1,157 157 1,013 511 4,777
Clwyd Dyfed Gwent Gwynedd Mid Glamorgan Powis South Glamorgan West Glamorgan Wales Rate 364.9 153.0 164.2 197.1 318.7 241.5 382.3 224.1 267.0 1987 Number 849 344 494 330 1,309 193 1,230 553 5,302 Rate 339.6 167.0 170.3 237.4 357.7 292.4 448.9 241.5 291.3 1988 Number 1,002 331 572 292 1,272 231 1,636 613 5,949 Rate 389.9 156.1 193.2 204.2 344.7 339.7 578.1 264.2 319.8 1989 Number 1,315 595 777 450 1,582 293 1,992 748 7,752 Rate 500.0 275.5 256.4 306.1 420.7 418.6 689.3 321.0 408.9 1990 Number 1,318 684 931 449 2,101 327 2,361 830 9,001 Rate 499.2 318.1 305.2 303.4 557.3 460.6 811.3 354.7 472.2 All rates refer to rate per 10,000 population under 5 years.