§ Mr. John MaxtonTo 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(a) regional authority and (b) parliamentary constituency in Scotland in each of the years from 1978–79 to the latest date for which information is available.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe figures for education authority nursery schools and departments at each September for which information is available are set out in the tables below. Information for 1985 and 1986 is not available.
Information by parliamentary constituency is not held centrally.
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1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1987 1988 1989 19901 Grampian 18.2 18.0 18.7 19.4 18.3 18.6 18.6 21.2 24.0 25.5 26.1 Highland 6.3 8.5 9.1 10.2 10.7 10.3 10.5 11.6 12.3 11.9 13.6 Lothian 360 36.6 40.4 43.0 43.3 43.8 45.3 47.8 47.9 47.3 45.9 Strathclyde 22.2 23.2 24.7 27.7 27.8 27.7 27.6 29.6 30.1 31.6 30.9 Tayside 18.5 20.4 22.1 23.2 23.5 23.0 22.6 25.1 26.5 31.3 34.2 Orkney 16.8 19.4 19.3 14.9 16.5 17.9 18.3 18.3 20.7 21.5 20.4 Shetland 4.5 11.7 13.2 12.1 12.1 11.1 13.6 17.7 18.1 19.4 20.5 Western Isles 19.2 16.8 18.4 19.3 19.7 16.2 0.0 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 33.0 1 Provisional.