§ Mrs. FyfeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether his Department operates an equal opportunities policy of recruitment to all departments for which he has responsibility.
§ Mr. LangYes. In common with other civil service employers my departments and agencies have in place equal opportunities policies based on the principle of fair and open competition for recruitment.
Number of 3 and 4-year-olds attending education authority nursery schools/departments at September 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1989–87 Scotland 31,037 31,531 32,231 32,913 34,411 36,356 37,601 n/a 38,851 40,204 41,785 43,274 44,488 46,144 Borders 299 313 301 363 387 394 359 n/a 390 438 447 470 484 481 Central 1,399 1,512 1,681 1,858 1,960 2,166 2,210 n/a 2,492 2,568 2,744 2,732 2,733 2,818 Dumfries and Galloway 253 257 266 247 271 287 316 n/a 428 550 625 630 825 1,204 Fife 3,192 3,235 3,280 3,142 3,439 3,805 3,993 n/a 4,193 4,402 4,329 4,388 4,552 4,538 Grampian 2,233 2,196 2,222 2,244 2,235 2,425 2,433 n/a 2,678 2,985 3,171 3,391 3,867 4,686 Highland 331 455 484 519 567 580 618 n/a 617 645 622 730 835 891 Lothian 6,718 6,529 6,795 6,799 7,045 7,477 7,966 n/a 7,965 8,064 7,969 8,457 8,709 8,819 Strathclyde 14,501 14,768 14,841 15,406 16,071 16,793 17,376 n/a 17,551 17,828 18,683 18,911 18,799 18,695 Tayside 1,841 1,933 2,007 2,014 2,097 2,112 2,136 n/a 2,344 2,516 2,975 3,326 3,357 3,565 Orkney 78 96 93 74 85 89 92 n/a 83 97 101 102 89 192 Shetland 32 86 99 91 85 82 102 n/a 110 1ll 119 137 238 255 Western Isles 160 151 162 156 169 146 0 n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Percentage of 3 and 4-year-olds attending education authority nursery schools-departments at September 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 Scotland 22.9 23.8 25.6 27.8 27.9 28.0 25.2 Borders 12.2 12.8 13.7 17.1 17.5 16.6 15.2 Central 19.3 21.4 25.2 28.8 29.3 31.2 31.2 Dumfries and Galloway 7.0 7.4 8.4 8.0 8.1 7.9 8.7 Fife 35.4 36.3 38.3 39.3 40.8 42.2 42.8 Grampian 18.2 18.0 18.7 19.4 18.3 18.6 18.6 Highland 6.3 8.5 9.1 10.2 10.7 10.3 10.5 Lothian 36.0 36.6 40.4 43.0 43.3 43.8 45.3 Strathclyde 22.2 23.2 24.7 27.7 27.8 27.7 27.6 Tayside 18.5 20.4 22.1 23.2 23.5 23.0 22.6 Orkney 16.8 19.4 19.3 14.9 16.5 17.9 18.3 Shetland 4.5 11.7 13.2 12.1 12.1 11.1 13.6 Western Isles 19.2 16.8 18.4 19.3 19.7 16.2 0.0
1985–86 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1986–87 Scotland n/a 30.8 31.9 32.2 33.0 33.8 35.4 Borders n/a 16.6 18.7 19.2 19.5 19.5 19.6 Central n/a 37.8 39.2 40.7 41.4 40.1 42.2 Dumfries and Galloway n/a 12.7 15.8 17.4 17.8 22.4 33.2 Fife n/a 48.5 50.4 48.4 47.6 49.3 49.7 Grampian n/a 21.2 24.0 25.0 26.1 29.0 34.9 Highland n/a 11.6 12.3 11.8 13.6 15.5 16.9 Lothian n/a 47.8 47.9 44.5 45.9 46.9 47.4 Strathclyde n/a 29.6 30.1 30.7 30.9 31.1 31.3 Tayside n/a 25.1 26.5 31.0 34.2 34.9 37.3 Orkney n/a 18.3 20.7 20.9 20.4 16.4 34.8 Shetland n/a 17.7 18.1 19.3 20.5 34.4 39.2 Western Isles n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0