HC Deb 12 January 1988 vol 125 c207W
Mrs. Fyfe

To 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 Forsyth

The 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