§ Mr. McFallTo 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 region and islands area of Scotland in each school year from 1978–79.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information is set out in the table. The numbers of three and four-year-old pupils shown are those attending education authority nursery schools and departments as at September in each school year. The percentages shown are based on the relevant mid-year estimate of the three and four-year-old population.
Scotland in the current financial year on a per capita basis; if he will explain the formulae applied in calculation of these grants; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. StewartThe information requested is set out in the table. An explanation of how the amount of RSG 321W payable to each authority in 1993–94 was determined is set out in the report to the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1993, copies of which are in the Library.
1993–94 RSG 1Per Capita £ Berwickshire 112.89 Ettrick and Lauderdale 104.32 Roxburgh 116.04 Tweeddale 100.78 Clackmannan 143.29 Falkirk 130.11 Stirling 162.54 Annandale and Eskdale 100.99 Nithsdale 112.66 Stewartry 98.10 Wigtown 136.10 Dunfermline 121.12 Kirkcaldy 127.51 North East Fife 122.71 Aberdeen 145.41 Banff and Buchan 118.48 Gordon 112.44 Kincardine and Deeside 99.49 Moray 126.92 Badenoch and Strathspey 103.12 Caithness 131.37 Inverness 102.12 Lochaber 150.65 Nairn 102.14 Ross and Cromarty 162.06 Skye and Lochalsh 186.57 Sutherland 166.31 East Lothian 135.56 Edinburgh 177.42 Midlothian 133.34 West Lothian 137.70 Argyll and Bute 214.65 Bearsden and Milngavie 100.88 Clydebank 170.36 Clydesdale 138.55 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 122.33 Cumnock and Doon Valley 141.02 Cunninghame 150.31 Dumbarton 128.43 East Kilbride 107.04 Eastwood 81.85 Glasgow 230.24 Hamilton 138.35 Inverclyde 159.73 Kilmamock and Loudoun 129.12 Kyle and Carrick 131.65 Monklands 175.72 Motherwell 154.17 Renfrew 147.98 Strathkelvin 125.58 Angus 113.99 Dundee 173.69 Perth and Kinross 126.69 1 The per capita figures have been calculated using the Registrar General for Scotland's mid-1992 estimates of total population.