§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many and what percentage of children aged five, six and seven years were in classes of 31 or more in 1995 and provisionally for 1996(a) per authority and (b) in Scotland as a whole. [2476]
Primary pupils in classes of 31 or more, as at September 1991, 1993 and 11995 As at September 1991 1993 1995 Education authority2 Number of pupils Percentage of pupils Number of pupils Percentage of pupils Number of pupils Percentage of pupils Scotland 72,638 16.5 75,286 17.2 79,655 18.1 Borders 448 5.3 544 6.3 857 9.8 Central 3,954 16.9 3,972 17.1 4,612 19.8 Dumfries and Galloway 2,137 16.8 2,052 16.0 2,016 15.6 Fife 4,944 15.9 5,387 17.3 4,704 15.2 Grampian 6,900 15.6 6,556 14.6 7,138 15.8 Highland 1,503 7.7 1,996 10.4 1,795 9.4 Lothian 11,318 20.1 11,885 20.7 13,909 23.4 Strathclyde 34,697 16.8 35,104 17.4 37,403 18.6 Tayside 6,580 20.3 7,536 23.1 7,032 21.5 Orkney 157 8.7 64 3.5 33 1.8 Shetland — — — — 31 1.4 Western isles — — 190 7.2 125 4.8 1 Excludes pupils in P3/P4 composite classes and multi-stage classes. 2 Includes grant aided and self-governing schools.