§ Mr. WallaceTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many three and four-year-olds were receiving nursery education in(a) Scotland and (b) each
Education authority nursery schools and departments; independent schools with nursery departments Number of children 1 as at September 1993 aged: Private nursery schools Number of children 2 as at March 1994 aged: 3years 4years 3years 4years Borders 38 454 138 76 Central 732 2,267 76 18 Dumfries and Galloway 165 1,051 19 7 Fife 752 3,648 67 28 Grampian 918 3,964 409 231 Highland 114 720 203 188 Lothian 3,146 6,612 268 198 Strathclyde 6,645 12,659 1,283 1,188 Tayside 1,064 2,711 518 311 Orkney 37 172 — — Shetland 84 180 — — Western Isles — — — — Scotland 13,693 34,438 2,981 2,245 1 Age as at December 1993.2 Age as at March 1994. Private nursery schools registered with local authority social work departments.
§ Mr. WallaceTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much expenditure was incurred by each local education authority in Scotland on the provision of nursery education in(a) 1991–92, (b) 1992–93 and ( c) 1993–94.
§ Mr. LangNet current expenditure by education authorities on nursery education in 1991–92 and 1992–93 is given in the table. These figures exclude the costs of school meals, home-to-school transport and central administration. Comparable figures for expenditure in 1993–94 are not yet available.
£000 1991–92 1992–93 Border 449 456 Central 2,585 2,838 Dumfries and Galloway 476 833 Fife 3,156 3,484 Grampian 4,027 4,935 Highland 909 902 Lothian 9,611 10,433 Strathclyde 25,698 27,698 Tayside 3,915 4,338 Orkney 33 96 Shetland 307 337 Western Isles — — Total 51,166 56,350