§ Dr. Millerasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the figures for full-time and part-time pupils in education authority and grant-aided nursery schools in each local education authority area in Scotland.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellAt January, 1972, 14,818 children attended education authority and grant-aided nursery schools and classes, 10,947 of them on a part-time and 3,871 on a full-time basis. Information by education authority area is given below:
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Education Authority Part-Time Full-Time Cities Aberdeen 865 398 Dundee 340 467 Edinburgh 2,345 856 Glasgow 3,547 1,080 Counties Aberdeen — 53 Angus — — Argyll — — Ayr 478 429 Banff 81 — Berwick — — Bute — — Caithness — — Clackmannan 98 18 Dumfries 1 81 Dunbarton 351 19 East Lothian — — Fife 1,563 219 Inverness — — Kincardine — — Kirkcudbright — —
Lanark 60 98 Midlothian — — Moray and Nairn 81 — Orkney — — Peebles 34 — Perth and Kinross 30 60 Renfrew 447 48 Ross and Cromarty — — Roxburgh — — Selkirk 75 — Stirling 122 38 Sutherland — — West Lothian 429 7 Wigtown — — Zetland — — Total 10,947 3,871
§ Dr. Millerasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a breakdown of the 18,000 children attending playgroups, showing how many attend in each local authority area in Scotland, for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellThe latest information is for the end of 1971, and is given below:
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Area* Number of playgroups provided by, or voluntary playgroups registered with, local authorities under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968† Number of children attending average sessions‡ Counties Aberdeen and Kincardine 49 951 Angus 18 322 Argyll 20 450 Ayr 75 990 Banff 8 160 Berwick 7 145 Bute 6 70 Caithness 6 126 Clackmannan 10 250 Dumfries 11 220 Dunbarton 62 1,364 East Lothian 17 298 Fife 35 804 Inverness 13 273 Kirkcudbright 5 70 Lanark 51 1,020 Midlothian 68 1,156 Moray and Nairn 15 329 Orkney 4 166 Peebles 7 147 Perth and Kinross 24 456 Renfrew 60 1,260 Ross and Cromarty 13 310 Roxburgh 8 144 Selkirk 6 115 Stirling 36 766
Area* Number of playgroups provided by, or voluntary playgroups registered with, local authorities under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968† Number of children attending average sessions‡ Sutherland 5 75 West Lothian 23 360 Wigtown 4 56 Zetland 13 147 Cities Aberdeen 54 1,014 Dundee 14 340 Edinburgh 169 2,729 Glasgow 94 1,901 Large Burghs Airdrie 4 160 Arbroath 7 151 Ayr 20 290 Clydebank 9 205 Coatbridge 9 155 Dumbarton 6 136 Dumfries 5 88 Dunfermline 12 267 East Kilbride 23 550 Falkirk 6 150 Greenock and Port Glasgow 4 40 Hamilton 8 176 Inverness 9 237 Kilmarnock 12 192 Kirkcaldy 9 154 Motherwell and Wishaw 6 185 Paisley 5 129 Perth 5 71 Rutherglen 2 49 Stirling 11 228 SCOTLAND 1,182 22,597 * Returns are made by counties and large burghs which are responsible under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 for registration of playgroups. Aberdeen and Kincardine, and also Greenock and Port Glasgow, have joint social work committees and separate figures for the individual authorities are not available. † Day nurseries provided under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968, and nursery schools or playgroups provided under the Education Acts, are not included. ‡ The same children do not always attend at every session, so that the total number of children receiving experience of playgroups will be greater and the precise figures are not known.