Playgroups

Sammy Wilson

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many children were not able to obtain a place in the playgroup of their first choice in each of the five education and library boards in each of the last three years. (75543)

The requested information is as follows.

	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
BELB	33	51	31
NEELB	209	259	159
SEELB	176	148	179
SELB	205	269	208
WELB	—	—	140

The WELB is not able to supply the figures in respect of the 2004-05 and 2005-06 school years.

Volume 447: debated on Tuesday 13 June 2006