§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of three and four-year-old children in the Borders and Lothian regions are in maintained sector education.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 17 March 1994]: The latest available information for September 1993, shows, provisionally, that the percentages of the three and four-year-old population attending education authority nursery, primary and special schools in Borders and Lothian regions are 27.8 per cent. and 56.9 per cent. respectively. Because many nursery schools admit pupils during the school year, final figures for session 1993–94 are expected to be higher.