§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of 3-year-olds and 4-year-olds attend nursery school (a) in each regional and island authority and (b) Scotland overall.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe percentages of 3-year-olds and 4-year-olds attending education authority nursery schools at September 1979—the latest date for which information is at present available—were as follows:
Authority Percentage Borders 13 Central 21 Dumfries and Galloway 7 Fife 36 Grampian 18 Highland 8 Lothian 37 Orkney 19 Shetland 12 Strathclyde 23 Tayside 20 Western Isles 17 Scotland 24