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Mr. Race
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total population of children under 5 years of age in each local authority with social services responsibilities in Scotland.
Mr. John Mackay
Provisional estimates, which make use of the results of the 1981 Census, are given in the following table:
| Population under 5 Years of Age at 30 June 1981 | |
| (thousands) | |
| Borders | 5·5 |
| Central | 16·9 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 8·3 |
| Fife | 21·6 |
| Grampian | 30·4 |
| Highland | 13·7 |
| Lothian | 42·0 |
| Strathclyde | 148·8 |
| Tayside | 22·7 |
| Orkney | 1·2 |
| Shetland | 1·8 |
| Western Isles | 20 |
| Scotland | 315·1 |