§ Mr. Raceasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many full-time and part-time places are provided for children under the age of five years in day nurseries in each local authority with social services responsibility in Scotland.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe information requested is as follows. The figures include provision made by the voluntary sector any by private individuals.
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Places in Local Authority Day Nurseries and Part-time Day Nurseries (Play Groups) as at 31 March 1981 Regional islands authority Day nurseries Playgroups Borders 40 963 Central 370 2,097 Dumfries and Galloway — 1,246 Fife 72 2,245 Grampian 289 5,006 Highland 6 2,629 Lothian 975 5,334 Strathclyde 1,970 19,820 Tayside 555 3,088 Orkney — 428 Shetland — 531 Western Isles 6 362 Scotland 4,283 43,749