§ MR. CALDWELL (Lanarkshire, Mid)To ask the Lord Advocate if he will state the amount paid for the relief of school fees for the financial year ending in 1890, and each subsequent year, from each of the following sources: The Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1889, The Local Taxation Act, 1890, and Section 2 (b) of The Education and Local Taxation Account (Scotland) Act, 1892; and also what sum, if any, stands to the credit of the fund.
(Answered by Mr. A. Graham Murray.) The amounts received from the sources named are paid into one common fund, consequently it is not possible to say how much was spent each year out of each source of supply. The table below shows for each year the amount received under each Act, and the total amount spent per year out of the fund so formed, and the balance at present standing to the credit of the fund.