§ Mr. McMasterTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each year since 1980 the number of special classes or units in primary schools in each local 545W authority region, expressing this as a proportion of all (a) primary schools in the region and (b) secondary schools in each region; and if he will express this as a proportion of all secondary schools in the region.
Number and percentage of education authority primary schools with special departments by local authority region 1987 1988 1989 1990 Education authority Number of departments Percentage Number of departments Percentage Number of departments Percentage Number of departments Percentage Borders 7 9.1 7 9.1 6 7.8 6 7.8 Central 0 — 2 1.7 2 1.7 4 3.4 Dumfries and Galloway 9 7.8 12 10.5 11 9.6 14 12.3 Fife 9 6.1 10 6.8 10 6.8 10 6.9 Grampian 2 0.7 2 0.7 2 0.7 2 0.7 Highland 11 5.4 10 5.0 11 5.5 14 7.0 Lothian 11 4.5 12 4.9 12 4.9 13 5.3 Strathclyde 8 0.9 8 0.9 10 1.1 10 1.1 Tayside 13 7.0 15 8.1 13 7.0 13 7.0 Orkney 0 — 0 — 1 5.0 1 5.0 Shetland 1 3.7 1 3.7 1 3.7 1 3.7 Western Isles 2 4.9 2 5.9 2 5.9 1 3.0 Scotland 73 3.1 81 3.5 81 3.5 89 3.8
Number and percentage of education authority secondary schools with special departments by local authority region 1987 1988 1989 1990 Education authority Number of departments Percentage Number of departments Percentage Number of departments Percentage Number of departments Percentage Borders 5 55.6 5 55.6 5 55.6 5 55.6 Central 7 33.3 7 36.8 8 42.1 9 47.4 Dumfries and Galloway 6 37.5 7 43.8 9 56.3 7 43.8 Fife 9 47.4 9 47.4 9 47.4 9 47.4 Grampian 5 12.5 4 10.3 4 10.3 5 12.8 Highland 10 37.0 10 37.0 10 37.0 11 40.7 Lothian 10 19.6 10 19.6 10 19.6 8 15.7 Strathclyde 6 3.1 6 3.1 8 4.3 8 4.4 Tayside 6 18.8 6 18.8 7 21.9 6 18.8 Orkney 0 — 0 — 0 — 0 — Shetland 0 — 0 — 0 — 0 — Western Isles 1 6.3 1 6.3 1 6.3 1 6.3 Scotland 65 14.8 65 15.0 71 16.6 69 16.3