§ Mr. WallaceTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many and what percentage of three and four-year-old children were receiving nursery education at local authority maintained nursery schools in each education authority area in Scotland during the present academic year, or at the latest date for which information is available.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 2 June 1992]: The information requested is as follows:
Regional education authority No. of three and four-year-olds receiving nursery education1 Percentage of three and four-year-olds population in region2 Borders 484 20.1 Central 2,733 41.4 Dumfries and Galloway 825 23.3 Fife 4,552 49.4 Grampian 3,867 29.8 Highland 835 15.5 Lothian 8,709 47.3 Strathclyde 18,799 30.7 Tayside 3,357 34.6 Orkney 89 17.8 Shetland 238 35.7 Western Isels — — Scotland total 44,488 33.9 1 As at September 1991. 2Based On the latest available estimates of the three and four-year-old population at mid-1990.