§ Mrs. LiddellTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many three-year-olds were in receipt of pre-school education in the period 1994–95; and how many have registered since August 1996, broken down by(a) type of provision and (b) unitary authority. [1827]
§ Mr. Raymond S. Robertson[holding answer 1 November 1996]: Information on three-year-olds attending education authority and independent schools, as
Number of pupils in Scotland aged 3 years old1 in receipt of preschool education Education authority2 Nursery schools Special schools Independent schools Education authority September 1994 September 1995 September 1994 September 1995 September 1994 September 1995 Scotland 12,927 12,634 179 152 558 559 Aberdeen City 473 488 21 12 66 92 Aberdeenshire 155 141 10 15 0 17 Angus 86 92 0 0 0 0 Argyll and Bute 40 53 9 2 21 38 Clackmannanshire 209 171 0 0 0 0 Dumfries and Galloway 187 178 0 0 0 0 Dundee City 795 721 6 0 0 0 East Ayrshire 500 466 6 2 0 0 East Dunbartonshire 54 40 0 6 79 75 East Lothian 292 340 0 0 1 0 East Renfrewshire 154 155 0 0 5 6 Edinburgh, City of 1,491 1,574 7 6 220 153 Falkirk 342 344 0 0 0 0 Fife 744 775 4 2 22 18 Glasgow City 3,557 3,198 25 27 63 89 Highland 125 130 2 4 0 0 Inverclyde 203 183 0 0 3 0 Midlothian 311 321 0 0 0 0 Moray 69 42 1 0 22 14 North Ayrshire 134 150 0 1 0 0 North Lanarkshire 567 590 35 41 0 0 Orkney Islands 45 41 1 0 0 0 Perth and Kinross 261 268 2 5 17 11 Renfrewshire 422 392 10 5 0 0 Scottish Borders 31 37 2 0 0 2 Shetland Islands 67 91 0 0 0 0 South Ayrshire 90 128 2 5 22 24 South Lanarkshire 437 348 31 16 5 7 Stirling 145 199 0 0 12 13 West Dunbartonshire 414 428 1 0 0 0 West Lothian 527 550 4 3 0 0 Western Isles 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Age as at 31 December. 2 Includes a small number of Grant-Aided and Self-Governing Schools.