§ MR. CALDWELL (Lanarkshire, Mid.)To ask the Lord Advocate if he will state the amount paid into the Local Taxation Scotland Account, under the provisions of the Local Government 259 (Scotland) Act, 1889, in each financial year up to and including 31st March, 1903; also the amount paid in each year as a grant towards relief of school fees under Sub-section 1 of Section 1 of the Education and Local Taxation Account (Scotland) Act, 1892, showing in a separate column the amount paid in each year to the local authorities under Sub-section 5 of Section 2 of the last mentioned Act.
(Answered by Mr. A. Graham Murray). The hon. Member will find the information he desires for the year 1890–91 to 1901–2 on pp. 78 to 91 of the final Report of the Royal Commission on Local Taxation [Cd. 1067]. The amounts paid into the accounts for the years 1902–3, which, however, are not yet complete, amount to £624,000, and the Fee Grant as estimated amounts to £322,702. The figures for the grant paid to local authorities are not yet available.