§ Mr. AingerTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list(a) the numbers and (b) the percentage of three-year-olds and four-year-olds that received local authority nursery education or were in local education authority infant classes in each county in Wales on each of the last five years. [38362]
§ Mr. RichardsFigures for local education authority schools only are not readily available. The following tables show the figures for both LEA and grant maintained schools.
Three and four-year-olds in maintained nursery and primary schools, by county.
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Primary schools Clwyd Dyfed Gwent Gwynedd Mid Glamorgan Powys South Glamorgan West Glamorgan Wales 1989–90 Number 7,651 5,062 7,131 2,354 9,437 1,406 5,284 7,581 45,906 Per cent. 73.4 58.3 59.9 40.8 63.9 50.4 46.4 81.6 61.2 1990–91 Number 8,093 5,210 7,246 2,079 9,427 1,457 5,449 7,562 46,523 Per cent. 77.0 60.3 59.9 35.4 62.9 51.3 47.0 81.3 61.3 1991–92 Number 8,345 5,412 7,637 2,024 9,883 1,509 5,692 7,714 48,216 Per cent. 77.3 62.2 60.1 33.7 63.4 52.0 48.6 80.4 61.8 1992–93 Number 8,376 5,258 7,941 2,680 9,931 1,563 6,124 7,668 49,541 Per cent. 79.2 61.5 62.7 44.5 63.3 54.2 52.4 81.3 63.9 1993–94 Number 8,475 5,197 7,866 2,578 9,875 1,497 6,293 7,684 49,465 Per cent. 81.1 62.9 63.3 43.2 64.5 53.5 54.1 82.2 64.9 Figures shown are for January in each year and are for pupils estimated to be three or four years old at 31 December.