§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of nursery schools in each education authority's area; and what is the number of children enrolled.
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§ Mr. NobleThe information is given in the following table:
EDUCATION AUTHORITY NURSERY SCHOOLS AND CLASSES (15TH JANUARY, 1963) Education Authority Number of Nursery Schools Number of pupils in these schools Counties: Aberdeen 1 50 Angus — — Argyll — — Ayr 5 370 Banff — — Berwick — — Bute — — Caithness — — Clackmannan — — Dumfries 2 80 Dunbarton — — East Lothian — — Fife 5 278 Inverness — — Kincardine — — Kirkcudbright — — Lanark 2 89 Midlothian — — Moray and Nairn 1 75 Orkney — — Peebles — — Perth and Kinross 1 33 Renfrew 1 48 Ross and Cromarty — — Roxburgh — — Selkirk — — Stirling 1 36 Sutherland — — West Lothian — — Wigtown — — Zetland — — Burghs: Aberdeen 4 310 Dundee 8 399 Edinburgh 14 882 Glasgow 41 1,892 Total (Scotland) 86 4,542 There are also attached to primary schools 37 nursery classes with 964 pupils.