§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will estimate the cost per 1,000 new day nursery places in Scotland.
§ Mr. John MacKayDay nursery places are often provided by adaptation of existing premises, but the estimated capital cost of providing 1,000 places in new purpose-built nurseries in urban areas is about £7 million. Information available centrally does not provide a basis for estimating running costs.
§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will estimate the cost per 1,000 new places in nursery schools for children aged under five years in Scotland.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherNursery school places are often provided by adaptation of existing premises but the estimated capital cost of providing 1,000 places in new purpose-built schools in urban areas is about £4 million; the estimated running costs would be about £500,000.