§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the numbers of(a) children, (b) qualified staff and (c) full-time equivalent qualified staff in registered (i) pre-school nurseries and (ii) playgroups for each academic year from 1979–80 to 1988–89 in (1) Inverclyde, (2) Strathclyde and (3) Scotland as a whole.
§ Mr. Lang[holding answer 12 July 1990]: The readily available information is set out in the table:
Children1 in Nurseries Places2 in Playgroups Fully Qualified3 Staff Scotland 1979–80 35,500 41,750 3,116 1980–81 36,166 43,749 3,281 1981–82 36,725 40,924 3,203 1982–83 38,536 43,301 3,317 1983–84 40,650 43,549 3,358 1984–85 42,428 43,861 3,410 1985–86 42,787 41,492 — 1986–87 44,051 43,426 1987–88 46,431 46,838 3,722 1988–89 48,484 45,342 3,872 Strathclyde 1979–80 16,467 17,415 1,466 1980–81 16,617 19,820 1,538 1981–82 17,200 17,093 1,525 1982–83 18,046 18,089 1,604 1983–84 18,868 19,111 1,617 1984–85 19,793 17,742 1,595 1985–86 20,476 16,227 — 1986–87 21,049 16,823 — 1987–88 22,048 20,274 1,763 1988–89 22,599 16,030 1,832 Inverclyde 1988–89 1,035 709 91 1 Number of children attending local authority nursery schools and day nurseries. 2 Number of children for which registered pre-school playgroups are registered and number of places in local authority pre-school playgroups. 3 Full-time equivalent number of teachers, trained nurses, and care staff in local authority nursery schools and day nurseries.