HC Deb 24 February 1997 vol 291 cc41-3W
Ms Rachel Squire

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many(a) three year-olds and (b) four year-olds there were in nursery schools and classes in

Mr. Raymond S. Robertson

The information is given in the table. 1994–95 is the latest financial year for which actual expenditure information is currently available. The figures do not include the cost of home to school transport, school meals, education authority central administration costs and loan charges.

each education authority; and what percentage these figures represent of all children in those age groups in the authority area. [17248]

Mr. Raymond S. Robertson

The information requested for 1995 is set out in the following table. Figures for 1996 are not yet available. Schools have been allocated to their current education authority.

Pupils aged three and four in Education Authority nursery schools and classes, as at September 1995
Aged three1 Aged four1
Education authority Number Percentage of population Number Percentage of population
Scotland 12,634 19 35,331 53
Aberdeen City 488 18 1,718 65
Aberdeenshire 141 4 1,756 57
Angus 92 6 816 58
Argyll and Bute 53 5 112 10
Clackmannanshire 171 26 495 76
Dumfries and Galloway 178 10 1,342 72
Dundee City 721 39 1,422 73
East Ayrshire 466 27 1,094 65
East Dunbartonshire 40 3 124 9
East Lothian 340 27 897 77
East Renfrewshire 155 13 366 32
Edinburgh, City of 1,574 30 3,355 64
Falkirk 344 18 1,324 68
Fife 775 17 3,506 77
Glasgow, City of 3,198 38 5,372 68
Highland 130 5 705 26
Inverclyde 183 16 425 36
Pupils aged three and four in Education Authority nursery schools and classes, as at September 1995
Aged three1 Aged four1
Education authority Number Percentage of population Number Percentage of population
Midlothian 321 29 845 76
Moray 42 3 659 57
North Ayrshire 150 8 325 18
North Lanarkshire 590 13 1,430 33
Orkney Islands 41 15 160 60
Perth and Kinross 268 17 886 54
Renfrewshire 392 16 1,071 45
Scottish Borders 37 3 524 40
Shetland Islands 91 26 197 57
South Ayrshire 128 9 454 34
South Lanarkshire 348 8 832 21
Stirling 199 20 637 65
West Dunbartonshire 428 33 887 70
West Lothian 550 26 1,595 78
Western Isles — — — —
1 Age as at 31 December 1995