§ Mr. McNallyasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many (a) 3-year-old and (b) 4-year-old children in Scotland were in (i) local authority and (ii) voluntary play groups expressed as (a) full-time equivalents and (b) full and unweighted part-timers in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe numbers of children attending play groups in the years ending 31 March 1979, 1980 and 1981 were as follows: 251W
1979 1980 1981 Local authority play groups 891 967 919 Voluntary play groups 45,339 40,783 42,830 Information is not available about ages or about full-time and part-time attendance.