asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will detail the schools which run pre-nursing courses and show the number of students in each school.

I am sending the hon. Member a copy of the publication "Directory of Day Courses of Further Education for 1970–71" which contains details of further education colleges offering pre-vocational nursing courses. Information about current enrolments in these colleges is not available in my Department but may be obtained through the Education Authorities concerned.Pre-nursing courses as such are not run in secondary schools; detailed information about schools in which subjects relevant to nursing can be studied is not available centrally.