§ Mr. GorrieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many(a) primary and (b) secondary state schools there are in each council area in Scotland; and how many new schools were (i) opened and (ii) closed or merged in each area in each year from 1986–87 to 1997–98. [33138]
§ Mr. Wilson[holding answer 6 March 1998]: Information on the number of primary and secondary schools is given in the table, from 1987–88. The table, which is derived from the annual schools census, gives some indication of changes in school numbers over the years involved. However, it is not a reliable indication of the actual numbers of new schools or schools which have closed or merged. Information on those is not collected centrally.
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1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 Total number of primary schools Scotland total 2,311 2,331 2,336 2,341 2,347 2,364 2,372 2,378 2,385 2,418 Standard code for education authority Aberdeen City 61 61 62 62 62 62 62 62 62 62 Aberdeenshire 162 162 162 162 162 162 162 162 162 162 Angus 62 64 64 64 64 65 65 65 65 66 Argyll and Bute 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 90 Clackmannanshire 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 43 44 44 45 45 46 46 47 47 55 Dumfries and Galloway 116 116 116 116 116 116 116 116 116 118 Dundee City 42 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 East Ayrshire 46 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 52 East Dunbartonshire 37 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 37 37 East Lothian 35 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 35 35 East Renfrewshire 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 Edinburgh, City of 103 103 103 103 103 104 104 104 104 104 Falkirk 48 48 49 49 49 49 49 49 50 53 Fife 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 147 148 148 Glasgow City 206 210 210 211 211 212 215 215 216 221 Highland 195 198 199 199 200 204 207 206 208 210 Inverclyde 32 32 32 32 32 33 33 35 35 35 Midlothian 36 36 36 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 Moray 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 North Ayrshire 53 53 53 53 53 53 54 54 54 54 North Lanarkshire 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 136 Orkney Islands 22 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 Perth and Kinross 78 78 78 78 79 80 80 80 80 80 Renfrewshire 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 55 Scottish Borders 73 73 73 73 76 77 77 77 77 77 Shetland Islands 35 34 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 South Ayrshire 45 45 45 46 46 46 46 46 46 48 South Lanarkshire 124 124 124 124 124 128 128 130 130 132 Stirling 44 45 46 47 47 48 48 48 48 48 West Dunbartonshire 35 36 36 36 37 37 37 37 37 37 West Lothian 66 66 66 66 66 67 68 68 68 68 Total number of secondary schools Scotland total 401 404 405 408 412 419 424 429 434 438 Standard code for education authority Aberdeen City 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 15 Aberdeenshire 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Angus 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 Argyll and Bute 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Clackmannanshire 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 13 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Dumfries and Galloway 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Dundee City 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 East Ayrshire 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 East Dunbartonshire 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 East Lothian 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 East Renfrewshire 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 Edinburgh, City of 23 23 23 23 23 23 24 24 24 24 Falkirk 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 Fife 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 Glasgow City 39 39 39 41 41 45 47 48 52 53 Highland 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 Inverclyde 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 Midlothian 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 Moray 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 North Ayrshire 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 North Lanarkshire 26 26 26 26 26 27 27 27 27 27 Orkney Islands 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Perth and Kinross 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 II 11 Renfrewshire 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 16 17 17 Scottish Borders 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 Shetland Islands 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 South Ayrshire 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 South Lanarkshire 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 Stirling 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 West Dunbartonshire 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 West Lothian 11 11 1 1 11 12 14 14 14 14 14