§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was, for(a) primary and (b) secondary schools for each education authority area in Scotland and for each sub-division within Strathclyde region (i) the number of schools with school boards, (ii) the total number of schools and (iii) the percentage of schools which had school boards for each year since the establishment of school boards. [13249]
§ Mr. Raymond S. RobertsonThe information held centrally is as follows. It is taken from statistical returns by education authorities to the Scottish Office on the results of the first elections to school boards held in 1988–89 and subsequent biennial elections in 1991–92 and 1993–94:
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Education authority secondary schools March 1990 May 1992 May 1994 With school boards With school boards With school boards Number of eligible schools Number Per cent. Number of eligible schools Number Per cent. Number of eligible schools Number Per cent. Scotland 428 412 96.3 410 389 94.9 406 376 92.6 Borders 9 8 88.9 9 9 100.0 9 9 100.0 Central 19 18 94.7 19 16 84.2 18 17 94.4 Dumfries and Galloway 16 16 100.0 16 16 100.0 16 16 100.0 Fife 19 18 94.7 19 17 89.5 19 16 84.2 Grampian 39 34 87.2 38 31 81.6 38 33 86.8 Highland 27 27 100.0 27 25 92.6 26 23 88.5 Lothian 51 48 94.1 48 47 97.9 46 43 93.5 Strathclyde 185 182 98.4 171 169 98.8 171 160 93.6 Tayside 32 30 93.8 32 31 96.9 32 30 93.8 Orkney 6 6 100.0 6 6 100.0 5 6 100.0 Shetland 9 9 100.0 9 9 100.0 9 9 100.0 Western Isles 16 16 100.0 16 13 81.3 16 14 87.5 Strathclyde Divisions Argyll and Bute 9 9 100.0 9 9 100.0 9 9 100.0 Ayr 31 31 100.0 30 30 100.0 29 26 89.7 Dunbarton 25 25 100.0 24 23 95.8 24 22 91.7 Glasgow 50 47 94.0 42 42 100.0 43 38 88.4 Lanark 38 38 100.0 37 36 97.3 37 36 97.3 Renfrew 32 32 100.0 29 29 100.0 29 29 100.0