§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the total expenditure on nursery education in each of the years 1977–78 to 1987–88 in cash terms and in real terms based on 1987–88 prices using the gross domestic product deflation (i) in Scotland and (ii) for each local education authority area.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe following tables show the available information on nursery expenditure in cash and real terms by education authority for the period requested.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe numbers of pupils (in thousands) in education authority schools at September of each year are set out in the table.
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Primary Secondary 1978 569.1 410.4 1979 545.2 410.2 1980 518.5 407.8
Primary Secondary 1981 492.6 404.6 1982 468.0 399.1 1983 448.0 390.4 1984 437.5 376.1 1985 435.5 360.6 1986 433.5 344.4 1987 430.9 327.2
Pupils aged 16 Pupils aged 17 Pupils aged 16 as a percentage of population aged 16 Pupils aged 17 as a percentage of population aged 17 1979 47,080 16,550 51.5 18.4 1980 49,810 17,160 53.9 19.0 1981 51,560 19,840 54.3 21.3 1982 51,080 20,680 57.0 21.9 1983 50,550 20,060 56.3 22.6 1984 49,970 19,540 56.6 21.9 1986 48,550 19,230 58.8 22.6 1987 48,890 19,420 59.5 23.7 Borders 830 370 52.5 23.3 Central 2,630 1,000 59.5 22.5 Dumfries/Galloway 1,300 580 54.3 25.0 Fife 2,950 1,350 54.2 23.6 Grampian 4,920 1,920 61.3 25.3 Highland 2,010 900 60.7 28.1 Lothian 7,080 3,140 64.2 28.3 Strathclyde 22,550 8,060 58.8 20.8 Tayside 3,900 1,770 62.1 28.9 Orkney 200 100 64.0 34.3 Shetland 180 80 45.1 23.5 Western Isles 350 160 64.2 28.9 The ages of the pupils are as at December and of the population as at June of each year. Figures for 1985 are not available due to industrial action by teachers.