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Nursery Centres

Volume 886: debated on Monday 10 February 1975

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asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many nursery centres will have been built in Scotland by the end of the 1976 financial year; where these will be; and how many full-time places they will provide.

One such centre has been built at Dunfermline, providing 75 full-time places. Others are planned, but the completion dates are not yet known.

Local authorityVoluntary
Number of nurseriesNumber of placesNumber of nurseriesNumber of places
Region
Highland
Grampian6289
Tayside12553262
Fife244
Lothian15868180
Borders6139
Central7331110
Strathclyde291,31426623
Dumfries and Galloway
Island Area
Orkney
Shetland
Western Isles
TOTAL693,35538958

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many more day nurseries will be provided in Scotland by the end of the 1976 financial year; and what is the number of additional places expected.

Two local authority day nurseries, providing 75 places, are under construction. The programme of starts for 1975–76 has not yet been decided.