§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list for(a) each Welsh county and (b) Wales the numbers of children receiving nursery school education and the proportion those children represent of the total number of children of pre-school age for each of the last three available years. [16287]
§ Mr. RichardsThe information is in the tables.
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Number of children receiving nursery education1 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 Nursery schools Nursery classes Nursery schools Nursery classes Nursery schools Nursery classes Clwyd 172 4,757 195 4,542 179 4,718 Dyfed 222 2,248 191 2,139 213 2,210 Gwent 913 3,698 915 3,866 864 4,026 Gwynedd — 887 — 836 — 1,042 Mid Glamorgan 1,208 4,831 1,216 4,285 1,179 4,323 Powys — 505 — 298 — 263 South Glamorgan 803 2,748 832 2,850 791 2,940 West Glamorgan 236 4,881 230 4,725 224 4,659 Wales 3,554 24,555 3,579 23,541 3,450 24,181 1 At January each year. Aged at 31 December (estimated). Data includes both full-time and part-time pupils in nursery schools and nursery classes in maintained primary schools. Pupils in ordinary classes in maintained primary schools, special and independent schools are excluded.
Proportion of children receiving nursery education1 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 Nursery schools Nursery classes Nursery schools Nursery classes Nursery schools Nursery classes Clwyd 1.6 45.0 1.9 43.5 1.7 43.8 Dyfed 2.6 26.3 2.3 25.9 2.5 25.9 Gwent 7.2 29.2 7.4 31.1 6.8 31.8 Gwynedd — 14.7 — 14.0 — 17.5 Mid Glamorgan 7.7 30.8 7.9 28.0 7.8 28.6 Powys — 17.5 — 10.7 — 9.0 South Glamorgan 6.9 23.5 7.2 24.5 6.7 25.0 West Glamorgan 2.5 51.8 2.5 50.5 2.4 49.7 Wales 4.6 31.7 4.7 30.9 4.5 31.4 1 At January each year. Aged at 31 December (estimated). Data includes both full-time and part-time pupils in nursery schools and nursery classes in maintained primary schools as a proportion of the mid-year population estimates for children aged three and four-years-old. Pupils in ordinary classes in maintained primary schools, special and independent schools are excluded.