Mr. NcNallyasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many (a) 3-year-old and (b) 4-year-old children in Scotland were in (i) nursery schools and (ii) nursery classes in primary schools expressed (a) as full-time equivalents and (b) as full and unweighted part-timers in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and what was the total population of (i) 3-year-olds and (ii) 4-year-olds in the same year.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherSeparate figures are not available for nursery schools and classes. The following table gives details of pupils in nursery schools and departments in the categories requested in the public sector. Pupil numbers are those at September in the latest three years for which statistics are available, whilst population figures relate to December of each year.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherExpenditure figures are collected only in respect of nursery education as whole and the figures for 1982–83 are not yet to hand. The available information is as follows:
Average unit costs per full-time equivalent nursery pupil. Year Cost in £ at outturn prices 1979–80 390 1980–81 488 1981–82* 544 * Excluding Shetland and Western Isles.