§ MR. C. P. SCOTTI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether the special aid grant at present payable to voluntary schools would, on the passing of the Education Bill, become payable to new schools not established by the education authority; and whether, on the transfer of any existing voluntary school to the education authority, the special aid grant would continue to be paid to that authority.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThe answer to the first paragraph of the Question is in the affirmative. If I rightly understand the second part, the answer to that is in the negative.
§ MR. C. P. SCOTTThe point in the second part of the Question is whether, if existing voluntary schools which now receive the special aid grant are handed over to the local authority, they will cease to receive it.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURIf the voluntary school is transferred by the machinery provided by the Act of 1870, the aid grant will not be paid.