§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many children in each education authority receive free school transport; and if he will express each figure per 1,000 of the school population in each authority.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe information for September 1979, the latest date for which information is available centrally, is as follows :
Number receiving free transport Number per thousand pupils Borders 5,200 293 Central 11,917 223 Dumfries and Galloway 10,300 384 Fife 12,197 162 Grampian 14,568 167 Highland 10,524 270 Lothian 19,932 151 Strathclyde 78,000 160 Tayside 7,533 105 Orkney 1,600 458 Shetland 1,400 331 Western Isles 1,764 275