§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in theOfficial Report the total number of nursery nurses employed in special education in each of the past five years, giving a breakdown by regional education authority, division and type of school.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe numbers employed in education authority special schools and departments at September 1983, 1984 and 1987 are set out in the table. Figures for 1985 and 1986 and for individual types of school are not available.
1983 1984 1987 Borders 2 2 3 Central 9 4 3 Dumfries/Galloway 6 5 4 Fife 1 1 1 Grampian 51 51 54 Highland 1 1 — Lothian 47 49 80 Strathclyde 57 63 55 Tayside 30 11 10 Orkney — — — Shetland — — — Western Isles — 2 3 Scotland 204 189 213 Argyll and Bute — — — Ayr 19 19 15 Dumbarton 5 14 6 Glasgow (City) 8 7 9 Lanark 15 17 18 Renfrew 10 6 7