§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish statistics showing nursery education provision in each of Scotland's regions.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe information is set out in the table.
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Pupils aged 2 to 5 years in education authority nursery schools and departments (provisional figures for September 1987) Full-time Part-time Full-time and part-time Borders — 397 397 Central 12 2,493 2,505 Dumfries and Galloway 3 432 435 Fife 201 4,078 4,279 Grampian 261 2,440 2,701 Highland 5 619 624 Lothian 779 7,238 8,017
Full-time Part-time Full-time and part-time Strathclyde 1,123 16,607 17,730 Tayside 487 1,915 2,402 Orkney — 85 85 Shetland — 110 110 Western Isles — — — Scotland 2,871 36,414 39,285
§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of Scotland's three and four-year-olds receive nursery education; how many are full-time; and how many are part-time in their attendance.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Cynon Valley (Mrs. Clwyd) on 25 February at columns277–78.