§ COLONEL MILWARD (Warwick, Stratford-upon-Avon)I beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the sum represented by 5s per head for every child in average attendance in Voluntary Schools will be paid for the whole of the financial year 1897–8; whether such sum will be paid in respect of every school, whether its school year ends before or after the Bill receives Royal Assent, and the necessary machinery for distribution is set up; and whether it will be possible to pay the aid grant quarterly, as is now done in the case of the fee grant?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERsaid the sum represented by 5s. per head for every child in average attendance in Voluntary Schools would be paid for the whole of the financial year 1897–98. The dale of the school year would not affect the distribution of the grant. It would probably not be possible to pay the aid grant quarterly (certainly not during this first year), but the question would be further considered after the necessary machinery had been set up.