HC Deb 31 January 1992 vol 202 cc690-1W
Ms. Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the figures for 1991 for the percentage of under-fives in(a) nursery schools, (b) nursery classes, (c) infant classes and (d) in total, by local education authority in Wales, in rank order.

Sir Wyn Roberts

The percentages of pupils under five years of age in LEA maintained nursery and primary schools, at January 1991, is given in the following table.

Nursery schools Nursery classes1 Ordinary classes1 Total
Wales 4.8 31.5 31.7 68.0
1These represent nursery and ordinary classes in maintained primary schools.