asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many day nurseries there are in England, listed for each local authority; and how many places they provide.
At 31st March 1974 there were 507 local authority day nurseries and 1,175 private nurseries and nursery classes, providing 24,552 and 24,332 places respectively. The total of nurseries and private nursery classes in each authority is given below; numbers of local authority day nurseries are shown in brackets.
| NORTHERN REGION | ||
| Cumberland CC | 1 | (—) |
| Durham CC | 13 | (1) |
| Northumberland CC | 7 | (1) |
| Westmorland CC | 1 | (—) |
| Carlisle CB | 3 | (1) |
| Darlington CB | 1 | (—) |
| Gateshead CB | 4 | (2) |
| Hartlepool CB | 3 | (2) |
| Newcastle upon Tyne CB | 10 | (5) |
| South Shields CB | 7 | (3) |
| Sunderland CB | 3 | (3) |
| Teesside CB | 25 | (6) |
| Tynemouth CB | 1 | (—) |
| YORKSHIRE REGION | ||
| East Riding CC | 3 | (—) |
| North Riding CC | 25 | (—) |
| West Riding CC | 5 | (5) |
| Barnsley CB | 17 | (—) |
| Bradford CB | 7 | (7) |
| Dewsbury CB | 1 | (1) |
| Doncaster CB | 4 | (—) |
| Halifax CB | 2 | (2) |
| Huddersfield CB | 5 | (4) |
| Kingston upon Hull CB | 14 | (1) |
| Leeds CB | 24 | (8) |
| Rotherham CB | 1 | (—) |
| Sheffield CB | 6 | (6) |
| Wakefield CB | 1 | (1) |
| York CB | 3 | (2) |
| NORTH-WESTERN REGION | ||
| Cheshire CC | 23 | (14) |
| Lancashire CC | 65 | (55) |
| Barrow in Furness CB | 2 | (1) |
| Birkenhead CB | 5 | (2) |
| Blackburn CB | 5 | (5) |
| Blackpool CB | 6 | (1) |
| Bolton CB | 5 | (4) |
| Bootle CB | 1 | (1) |
| Burnley CB | 1 | (1) |
| Bury CB | 1 | (1) |
| Chester CB | 1 | (—) |
| Liverpool CB | 36 | (14) |
| Manchester CB | 45 | (23) |
| Oldham CB | 4 | (1) |
| Preston CB | 4 | (3) |
| Rochdale CB | 2 | (1) |
| St. Helens CB | 1 | (1) |
| Salford CB | 7 | (2) |
| Southport CB | 6 | (2) |
| Stockport CB | 2 | (2) |
| Wallasey CB | 3 | (3) |
| Warrington CB | 1 | (1) |
| Wigan CB | 4 | (1) |
| WEST MIDLANDS REGION | ||
| Herefordshire CC | 7 | (1) |
| Salop CC | 3 | (—) |
| Staffordshire CC | 6 | (2) |
| Warwickshire CC | 8 | (—) |
| Worcestershire CC | 3 | (—) |
| Birmingham CB | 46 | (20) |
| Burton upon Trent CB | 1 | (—) |
| Coventry CB | 12 | (9) |
| Stoke on Trent CB | 7 | (5) |
| Walsall CB | 9 | (3) |
| Warley CB | 3 | (2) |
| Wolverhampton CB | 3 | (3) |
| Worcester CB | 2 | (—) |
| EAST MIDLANDS REGION | ||
| Derbyshire CC | 7 | (4) |
| Leicestershire CC | 3 | (2) |
| Lincolnshire-Holland CC | 37 | (—) |
| Lincolnshire-Kesteven CC | 3 | (1) |
| Lincolnshire-Lindsey CC | 1 | (—) |
| Northamptonshire CC | 21 | (—) |
| Nottinghamshire CC | 30 | (5) |
| Derby CB | 6 | (5) |
| Grimsby CB | 1 | (—) |
| Leicester CB | 13 | (6) |
| Lincoln CB | 2 | (1) |
| Northampton CB | 9 | (—) |
| Nottingham CB | 15 | (10) |
| LONDON NORTH REGION | ||
| Bedfordshire CC | 12 | (2) |
| Buckinghamshire CC | 6 | (1) |
| Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely CC | 13 | (2) |
| Essex CC | 64 | (6) |
| Hertfordshire CC | 26 | (8) |
| Huntingdonshire and Peterborough CC | 3 | (1) |
| Norfolk CC | 3 | (1) |
| Oxfordshire CC | 205 | (1) |
| Suffolk-East CC | 16 | (—) |
| Suffolk-West CC | 4 | (—) |
| Great Yarmouth CB | 1 | (—) |
| Ipswich CB | 1 | (1) |
| Luton CB | 3 | (3) |
| Norwich CB | 1 | (1) |
| Oxford CB | 2 | (2) |
| Reading CB | 13 | (1) |
| Southend On Sea CB | 1 | (1) |
| LONDON CENTRAL REGION | ||
| Camden LB | 22 | (10) |
| Greenwich LB | 6 | (3) |
| Hackney LB | 10 | (7) |
| Hammersmith LB | 11 | (7) |
| Islington LB | 15 | (9) |
| Kensington and Chelsea LB | 12 | (5) |
| Lambeth LB | 24 | (12) |
| Lewisham LB | 7 | (5) |
| Southwark LB | 8 | (8) |
| Tower Hamlets LB | 8 | (5) |
| Wandsworth LB | 21 | (8) |
| Westminster LB | 23 | (8) |
| Barking LB | 3 | (3) |
| Barnet LB | 6 | (4) |
| Bexley LB | 3 | (1) |
| Brent LB | 26 | (13) |
| Bromley LB | 13 | (—) |
| Croydon LB | 4 | (3) |
| Ealing LB | 8 | (6) |
| Enfield LB | 3 | (1) |
| Haringey LB | 11 | (6) |
| Harrow LB | 4 | (2) |
| Havering LB | 15 | (4) |
| Hillingdon LB | 9 | (4) |
| Hounslow LB | 18 | (3) |
| Kingston Upon Thames LB | 8 | (2) |
| Merton LB | 8 | (2) |
| Newham LB | 5 | (3) |
| Redbridge LB | 10 | (2) |
| Richmond Upon Thames LB | 11 | (3) |
| Sutton LB | 10 | (1) |
| Waltham Forest LB | 36 | (5) |
| LONDON SOUTH REGION | ||
| Dorset CC | 10 | (1) |
| Hampshire CC | 17 | (2) |
| Kent CC | 37 | (—) |
| Surrey CC | 19 | (6) |
| Sussex-East CC | 60 | (1) |
| Sussex-West CC | 15 | (—) |
| Wiltshire CC | 16 | (—) |
| Bournemouth CB | 5 | (1) |
| Brighton CB | 5 | (1) |
| Canterbury CB (at 31 3 73) | 1 | (—) |
| Eastbourne CB | 4 | (1) |
| Hastings CB | 3 | (—) |
| Portsmouth CB | 4 | (3) |
| Southampton CB | 4 | (2) |
| SOUTH-WESTERN REGION | ||
| Cornwall CC | 1 | (—) |
| Devon CC | 2 | (—) |
| Gloucestershire CC | 3 | (3) |
| Somerset CC | 7 | (3) |
| Bath CB | 1 | (1) |
| Bristol CB | 15 | (9) |
| Exeter CB | 3 | (1) |
| Gloucester CB | 5 | (5) |
| Plymouth CB | 5 | (1) |
| Torbay CB | 3 | (—) |
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many-more day nurseries will be provided in England and Wales by the end of the 1976 financial year; and the number of additional places expected.
It is for local authorities to initiate and phase plans for building day nurseries subject to approval if they wish to finance them from loans. Projects expected to receive loan consent in the current financial year would increase by 14 the number of day nurseries and provide 681 additional places. Projects provisionally approved under the Urban Programme of the 1975–76 social services capital programme would increase the number of nurseries by 46 and provide about 1,800 additional places. But neither I nor my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Wales, who has responsibility for the social services in Wales, can predict how many of these projects will be completed by the end of the financial year.