§ Mr. McTaggartasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the figures for the number of children aged under five years in Scotland in each of the past five years for which figures are available; and what is his Department's estimate of the proportion of these children in each year who are (a) first-born children and (b) members of large families.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe Registrar General's estimates of the population aged under five at 30 June in the years 1980–84 are as follows. From a variety of sources, the Registrar General has estimated that, in those years, 40 to 42 per cent. of children under five were first born, 7 to 9 per cent. were in families with four or more children and about 2 per cent. were in families with five or more children.
Number 1980 320,738 1981 317,908 1982 324,012 1983 328,023 1984 327,340 734W
Dwellings requiring comprehensive modernization Built pre-1940 of Built pre-1940 of non-traditional construction Built pre-1940 of traditional construction Built immediately post war (up to 1955) of non-traditional construction Built post-1939 of traditional construction Scotland 744 68,331 31,629 252,866 Borders Berwickshire 0 0 0 0 Ettrick and Lauderdale 0 0 0 933 Roxburgh 0 342 20 0 Tweeddale 0 68 0 50 Central Clackmannan 2 0 282 1,372 Falkirk 116 1,500 1,884 5,500 Stirling 0 584 115 248 Dumfries and Galloway Annendale and Eskdale 0 25 0 1,725 Nithsdale 12 1,570 525 4,000 Stewartry 0 100 40 0 Wigtown 0 0 305 830 Fife Dunfermline 0 831 931 1,000 Kirkcaldy 0 964 1,598 7,698 North East Fife 0 481 0 1,129 Grampian Aberdeen 134 444 1,911 1,200 Banff and Buchan 0 1,500 60 500 Gordon 3 31 0 0 Kincardine and Deeside 0 0 0 331 Moray 1 220 105 61 Highland Badenoch and Strathspey 0 4 0 0 Caithness 0 78 205 138 Inverness Lochaber 0 320 75 1,200 Nairn 0 0 14 44 Ross and Cromarty 0 0 14 402 Skye and Lochalsh 0 81 0 251 Note;
There is a discontinuity in the series between 1980 and 1981. The 1981–84 figures have been rebased on the final results from the 1981 census of population.