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Mr. Thomas Cox
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the total number of children attending nursery schools in each region of Wales; and what percentage this represents of children under the age of five years.
Mr. Michael Roberts
The following table shows the numbers of pupils attending nursery schools in each of the local
| Number of part-time pupils in maintained nursery schools* | Percentage of 3 and 4 year olds† | Number of full-time pupils in maintained nursery schools* | Percentage of 3 and 4 year olds † | |||||
| Clwyd | … | … | … | … | 299 | 3·0 | — | — |
| Dyfed | … | … | … | … | 78 | 1·0 | 163 | 2·1 |
| Gwent | … | … | … | … | 801 | 7·3 | 426 | 3·9 |
| Gwynedd | … | … | … | — | — | — | — | |
| Mid Glamorgan | … | … | 557 | 3·8 | 796 | 5·4 | ||
| Powys | … | … | … | … | — | — | — | — |
| South Glamorgan | … | … | 791 | 8·2 | 174 | 1·8 | ||
| West Glamorgan | … | … | 260 | 2·9 | 249 | 2·8 | ||
| Wales | … | … | … | … | 2,786 | 4·0 | 1,808 | 2·6 |
| * At January 1979 | ||||||||
| † By age at 31 December 1978. | ||||||||
| The figures shownabove relate to nursery schools and exclude pupils under five attending nursery units, nursery classes or infants' classes in primary schools. | ||||||||