§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what future powers his Department proposes to take concerning nursery education in Wales;
(2) if he will make a statement on the future of nursery education in Wales.
§ Sir Wyn RobertsThere are no plans to alter the present basis for provision, which is at the discretion of local authorities in the case of LEA-maintained schools.
§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many(a) nursery schools and (b) nursery classes there are in each of the counties of Wales; and what were the comparable figures for 1973.
§ Sir Wyn RobertsInformation on the number of classes in nursery schools is not collected centrally. The earliest year for which comparable information on nursery schools is available is 1975–76 and 1977–78 was the earliest year in which comparable information on the number of nursery classes in primary schools was collected.
Number of nursery schools1 Number of nursery classes in primary schools2 1975–76 1991–92 1977–78 1991–92 Clwyd 4 3 68 206 Dyfed 2 3 60 77 Gwent 19 11 73 107 Gwynedd 0 0 93 41 Mid Glamorgan 21 23 211 183 Powys 0 0 28 30 South Glamorgan 12 10 56 96 West Glamorgan 9 2 167 195 1 At January each year. 2 At September each year.