§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the numbers of nursery school places in (a) Scotland and (b) the Lothian region for each year since 1973; and whether it is the policy of the Government to expand nursery education.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe following table shows the number of pupils receiving nursery education in education authority schools in Lothian region and in Scotland for the school years from 1973.
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Pupils receiving nursery education Lothian Scotland 1973 n/a 19,629 1974 4,293 20,462 1975 5,074 21,569 1976 5,778 25,927 1977 6,225 29,399 1978 6,749 31,326
Lothian Scotland 1979 6,569 31,770 1980 6,818 32,472 1981 6,843 33,178 1982 7,075 34,682 1983 7,517 36,650 1984* 8,004 37,869 * Provisional. Education authorities are free to determine the priority to be accorded to nursery education in the light of other resource demands.
Nurses* Doctors † (excluding general medical practitioners) Doctors‡ (including general medical practitioners) 1975 52,540.0 5,213.1 8,219.1 1976 53,405.0 5,313.9 8,354.9 1977 53,229.0 5,412.0 8,501.0 1978 54,419.0 5,447.8 8,608.8 1979 56,037.2 5,613.3 8,803.3 1980 58,602.5 5,628.8 8,884.8 1981 61,125.5 5,672.7 9,019.7 1982 61,979.2 5,764.3 9,156.3 1983 62,395.5 5,810.1 9,270.1 1984 62,027.4 5,854.0 9,383.0 Notes:
*Includes unqualified auxiliaries, assistants, nursery nurses and nursing cadets.
†Excludes general medical practitioners who are independent contractors.
‡Includes general medical practitioners who are independent contractors.