§ Mr. Kirkwoodasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report the number of nursery places provided by education authorities per 1,000 head of population in the region for the last five years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe following table shows the number of children attending education authority nursery schools and classes for the years from September 1979 to September 1983 per 1,000 head of three and four year old populations.
Pupil rate per 1,000 Authority 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Borders 129.7 137.0 173.8 176.0 166.0 Central 218.2 255.7 289.0 295.2 315.3 Dumfries/Galloway 74.6 84.7 80.3 81.3 79.1 Fife 367.3 388.3 396.9 415.1 426.6 Grampian 180.4 187.4 196.0 184.0 187.7 Highland 85.1 84.2 103.4 108.2 103.5 Lothian 368.5 405.9 432.7 434.8 440.0 Strathclyde 233.0 248.8 277.7 280.1 278.8 Tayside 210.0 225.4 239.1 239.6 233.9 Orkney 210.5 213.7 177.4 167.3 181.1 Shetland 116.5 132.2 120.5 120.7 111.9 Western Isles 169.5 184.3 195.1 196.7 163.2 ALL SCOTLAND 239.8 258.1 279.8 281.5 282.6