§ MR. RENSHAW (Renfrewshire, W.)To ask the Lord Advocate whether the grants to county committees under the Education and Local Taxation Account (Scotland) Act, 1892, will be distributed this year on the basis of population as shown by the new census; and whether the Scotch Education Department will intimate the amounts of these grants at an early date.
(Answered by Mr. A. Graham. Murray.) The answer to the first part of the hon. Member's Question is in the affirmative. As regards the second part of the Question, intimation of the grants available under the Education and Local Taxation Account (Scotland) Act of 1902, will be made in a Circular, which will be issued by the Department in the course of a few days.
§ MR. MAXWELL (Dumfriesshire)To ask the Lord Advocate when the Scotch Education Department propose to issue a circular to county and burgh Education Committees intimating the amounts payable to them out of the sum of £60,000 available for secondary education in terms of The Education and Local Taxation Account (Scotland) Act, 1892.
(Answered by Mr. A. Graham Murray.) The circular to which the hon. Member refers will be issued by the Department in the course of a few days. The corresponding circular sent out last year was elated 10th August.
MR. MAXWELLTo ask the Lord Advocate whether the Scotch Education Department can arrange for the issue, at an early date, of a Return showing the distribution of the grants to higher class, secondary, and technical schools under paragraph 3 of the Minute of 27th April, 1899, as amended by the Minute of 15th June, 1899.
(Answered by Mr. A. Graham Murray.) The particulars referred to by the hon. Member as regards the grants payable to higher class schools under paragraph 3 of the Minute of 27th April, 1899 will be issued as part of the Report on Secondary Education which will be issued shortly.