§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many three and four-year-old children in each local education authority area in Scotland are in(a) full-time 276W and (b) part-time education in private nursery schools; and what percentage of the estimated three and four-year-old population in each local education authority area this represents for the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe information is not available.
§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many three and four-year-old children in each local education authority in Scotland are in(a) full-time and (b) part-time nursery education, in nursery schools and nursery classes of primary schools, but excluding any children in reception classes in primary schools and any children in private schools; what percentage of the estimated three and four-year-old population in each local education authority area this represents; and what is the average hourly attendance, per week, of these children in (i) full-time, and (ii) part-time nursery education for the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe provisional numbers of three and four-year-old pupils in education authority nursery schools and departments in September 1987 and these numbers expressed as percentages of the estimated numbers of three and four-year-olds in the population in mid 1986 are set out in the table.
Full-time Part-time Number Percentage Number Percentage Borders 0 0.0 390 16.5 Central 9 0.1 2,483 36.8 Dumfries and Galloway 1 0.0 427 12.2 Fife 184 2.1 4,009 45.1 Grampian 258 2.0 2,420 18.9 Highland 5 0.1 612 11.1 Lothian 769 4.5 7,196 42.2 Strathclyde 1,088 1.8 16,463 27.1 Tayside 471 5.0 1,873 20.1 Orkney 0 0.0 83 17.0 Shetland 0 0.0 110 17.2 Western Isles 0 0.0 0 0.0 Scotland 2,785 2.2 36,066 28.0 Information on hourly attendance is not available.