§ Mrs. Ray MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many(a) three-year-olds and (b) four-year-olds had nursery schools places in each year since 1992. [15007]
§ Mr. Raymond S. RobertsonThe information requested is set out in the table.
Number of pupils attending nursery schools/classes Education authority schools Independent schools As at September Age 3 Age 4 Age 3 Age 4 1992 12,357 33,787 529 996 1993 13,302 33,815 520 923 1994 13,064 35,245 558 968 1995 12,634 35,331 559 947 1996 12,677 36,121 n/a n/a The 1996 figures are provisional. The 1996 data are not currently available for independent schools because of a computer malfunction.
§ Mrs. MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many qualified nursery school teachers were employed by each local authority in each year since 1992. [15008]
§ Mr. RobertsonThe numbers of teachers working in education authority nursery schools and classes in the years 1992–96 are set out in the table.
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Number of teachers in nursery schools/classes as at September 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Scotland 1,116 1,085 1,135 1,152 1,188 Education Authority Aberdeen City 92 86 91 80 — Aberdeenshire 41 45 45 46 — Angus 18 18 23 23 — Argyll and Bute 2 3 4 4 — Clackmannanshire 16 13 16 16 — Dumfries and Galloway 24 24 31 30 — Dundee City 52 47 48 55 — East Ayrshire 19 17 17 17 — East Dunbartonshire 3 3 3 3 — East Lothian 20 30 31 34 — East Renfrewshire 9 9 9 9 — Edinburgh, City of 137 140 135 168 — Falkirk 32 32 36 36 — Fife 144 117 128 115 — Glasgow, City of 165 154 156 154 — Highland 28 26 29 28 — Inverclyde 13 12 13 12 — Midlothian 26 29 29 28 — Moray 24 24 25 26 — North Ayrshire 8 6 6 6 — North Lanarkshire 41 40 41 37 — Orkney Islands 6 8 9 8 — Perth and Kinross 24 23 27 28 — Renfrewshire 30 29 29 38 — Scottish Borders 15 13 14 15 — Shetland Islands 14 15 15 13 — South Ayrshire 5 5 5 5 — South Lanarkshire 19 22 21 21 — Stirling 21 20 22 20 — West Dunbartonshire 24 23 24 23 — Western Isles 0 0 0 0 — West Lothian 44 52 53 54 — The 1996 figure is provisional and cannot, at this stage, be disaggregated between authorities.
§ Mrs. MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is currently the average class size for nursery schools for each local authority. [15009]
§ Mr. RobertsonInformation on class sizes in education authority nursery schools is not collected because most nursery provision is not delivered in the context of a class structure.