HC Deb 17 December 1969 vol 793 c329W
Mr. Gregor Mackenzie

asked 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. Ross

The 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 Mackenzie

asked 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. Ross

No 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