§ Mr. DewarTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many and what percentage of children aged three and four years were in receipt of nursery education in each
Number of 3 and 4 year olds in education authority nursery schools 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1987 1988 1989 Borders 299 313 301 363 387 394 359 390 438 447 Central 1,399 1,512 1,681 1,858 1,960 2,166 2,210 2,492 2,568 2,744 Dumfries and Galloway 253 257 266 247 271 287 316 428 550 625 Fife 3,192 3,235 3,280 3,142 3,439 3,805 3,993 4,193 4,402 4,329 Grampian 2,233 2,196 2,222 2,244 2,235 2,425 2,433 2,678 2,985 3,171 Highland 331 455 484 519 567 580 618 617 645 622 Lothian 6,718 6,529 6,795 6,799 7,045 7,477 7,966 7,965 8,064 7,969 Strathclyde 14,501 14,768 14,841 15,406 16,071 16,793 17,376 17,551 17,828 18,683 Tayside 1,841 1,933 2,007 2,014 2,097 2,112 2,136 2,344 2,516 2,975 Orkney 78 96 93 74 85 89 92 83 97 101 Shetland 32 86 99 91 85 82 102 110 111 119 Western Isles 160 151 162 156 169 146 0 0 0 0 Scotland total 31,037 31,531 32,231 32,913 34,411 36,356 37,601 38,851 40,204 41,785
Percentage of 3 and 4 year old children in population in receipt of nursery education 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1987 1988 1989 Borders 12.2 12.8 13.7 17.1 17.5 16.6 15.2 16.6 18.7 19.1 Central 19.3 21.4 25.2 28.8 29.3 31.2 31.2 37.8 39.2 41.9 Dumfries and Galloway 7.0 7.4 8.4 8.0 8.1 7.9 8.7 12.7 15.8 17.9 Fife 35.4 36.3 38.3 39.3 40.8 42.2 42.8 48.5 50.4 49.6 Grampian 18.2 18.0 18.7 19.4 18.3 18.6 18.6 21.2 24.0 25.5 Highland 6.3 8.5 9.1 10.2 10.7 10.3 10.5 11.6 12.3 11.9 Lothian 36.0 36.6 40.4 43.0 43.3 43.8 45.3 47.8 47.9 47.3 Strathclyde 22.2 23.2 24.7 27.7 27.8 27.7 27.6 29.6 30.1 31.6 Tayside 18.5 20.4 22.1 23.2 23.5 23.0 22.6 25.1 26.5 31.3 Orkney 16.8 19.4 19.3 14.9 16.5 17.9 18.3 18.3 20.7 21.5 Shetland 4.5 11.7 13.2 12.1 12.1 11.1 13.6 17.7 18.1 19.4 Western Isles 19.2 16.8 18.4 19.3 19.7 16.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Scotland total 22.9 23.8 25.6 27.8 27.9 28.0 28.2 30.8 31.9 33.1 Note: Figures for private nursery schools within each local education authority area are not available.