§ SIR HERBERT MAXWELL (Wigtonshire)To ask the Secretary for Scotland whether he can state approximately what the charge on the Education (Scotland) Fund, provided for under Clause 38 of the Education (Scotland) Bill, will amount to under Sub-section (3) (E) and (F), of Clause 39 respectively.
(Answered by Mr. A. Graham Murray.) The approximate estimate of the amount 168 which would be payable under Subsection 3 (E) of Clause 39 is £145;000. It is obviously impossible to give even an approximate estimate of the amount under Sub-section 3 (F).
§ SIR CHARLES RENSHAW (Renfrewshire, W.)To ask the Secretary for Scotland whether he can state approximately what the balance of the Education (Scotland) Fund will amount to per head of the average attendance of scholars 169 in schools under School Boards and under managers.
(Answered by Mr. A. Graham Murray.) As the balance under Sub-section 4 of Clause 39 of the Bill depends upon the amount required for eight preceding claims upon the grant, I must decline to commit myself to any estimate of the amount available per head of the average attendance.