HC Deb 20 July 1900 vol 86 cc658-9
MR. CALDWELL (Lanarkshire, Mid)

I beg to ask the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education if he can state approximately the amount which England received from the Imperial Exchequer during the financial year last ended in respect of the operation of the Voluntary Schools Act, 1897, and the Elementary Education Act, 1897.

THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL ON EDUCATION (Sir J. GORST, Cambridge University)

The amount for England and Wales was, under the first-named Act, £621,516 4s. 11d.; and under the second, £210,890 11s. 11d.

MR. CALDWELL

I beg to ask the Lord Advocate if he can state approximately the amount which Scotland received from the Imperial Exchequer during the financial year last ended in respect of the operation of the Education (Scotland) Act, 1897.

* THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. A. GRAHAM MURRAY,) Buteshire

The grants paid in respect of the operation of he Education (Scotland) Act, 1897, are:(1) the additional grant to school boards under Section 67 of the Act of 1872, as amended by Section 1 of the Act of 1897. The total paid under this head in the financial year last ended was £44,137 19s. 9d., of which it is estimated that £24,000 was paid in respect of the operation of the Act of 1897, the remainder having been claimable under the Act of 1872. And (2) the aid grant to Voluntary schools, amounting to £12,184 0s. 6d.