§ Mrs. FyfeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list, by sex, the number of children in each local education authority in Scotland who receive nursery education.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe provisional number of children in education authority nursey schools at September 1987 is as follows:
Authority Boys Girls Total Borders 202 195 397 Central 1,255 1,250 2,505 Dumfries/Galloway 227 208 435 Fife 2,242 2,037 4,279 Grampian 1,445 1,256 2,701 Highland 348 276 624 Lothian 4,157 3,860 8,017 Strathclyde 9,019 8,711 17,730 Tayside 1,253 1,149 2,402 Orkney 43 42 85 Shetland 54 56 110 Western Isles — — — All Scotland 20,245 19,040 39,285
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 A74 Total 215 185 163 164 169 180 198 196 Fatal 15 6 13 13 12 10 14 17 Serious 67 70 54 70 60 56 55 64 A75 Total 129 136 135 110 106 103 112 120 Fatal 14 13 9 4 8 7 8 9 Serious 26 25 37 31 40 36 37 46 A76 Total 93 87 88 95 78 73 78 95 Fatal 6 5 6 4 9 1 2 2 Serious 36 30 33 25 25 18 20 17 A77 Total 300 299 302 262 254 288 299 280 Fatal 9 15 13 14 15 8 13 14 Serious 80 80 90 87 76 85 78 64 M8 Total 182 158 147 158 146 126 151 152 Fatal 5 9 5 9 8 7 4 6 Serious 53 51 49 51 37 38 49 31