HC Deb 27 April 1964 vol 694 cc27-8W
Mr. Lawson

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of nursery schools in each education authority's area; and what is the number of children enrolled.

Mr. Noble

The information is given in the following table:

EDUCATION AUTHORITY NURSERY SCHOOLS AND CLASSES (15TH JANUARY, 1963)
Education Authority Number of Nursery Schools Number of pupils in these schools
Counties:
Aberdeen 1 50
Angus
Argyll
Ayr 5 370
Banff
Berwick
Bute
Caithness
Clackmannan
Dumfries 2 80
Dunbarton
East Lothian
Fife 5 278
Inverness
Kincardine
Kirkcudbright
Lanark 2 89
Midlothian
Moray and Nairn 1 75
Orkney
Peebles
Perth and Kinross 1 33
Renfrew 1 48
Ross and Cromarty
Roxburgh
Selkirk
Stirling 1 36
Sutherland
West Lothian
Wigtown
Zetland
Burghs:
Aberdeen 4 310
Dundee 8 399
Edinburgh 14 882
Glasgow 41 1,892
Total (Scotland) 86 4,542

There are also attached to primary schools 37 nursery classes with 964 pupils.