§ Mr. Gregor Mackenzieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what explanation has been offered to him by Lanarkshire County Council for its refusal to proceed with a new nursery school at Cambuslang.
§ Mr. RossThe council indicated that, in view of the need for restraint in the growth of local authority expenditure, they had many other commitments which they f[...]ad to be afforded a higher degree [...]ority in the current financial year
§ Mr. Gregor Mackenzieasked the Se[...] of Sztate for Scotland if he will st[...] number of nursery school places in each year from 1962 to the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. RossNo central record is kept of the number of nursery school places but information is obtained about the numbers of children in attendance in January of each year at nursery schools and classes managed by education authorities and at nursery classes in grant aided schools. The number of children in attendance were as follows:
1962 … … … … 5,575 1963 … … … … 5,723 1964 … … … … 5,758 1965 … … … … 6,225 1966 … … … … 6,727 1967 … … … … 6,864 1968 … … … … 7,606 1969 … … … … 9,290