§ MR. WEIR (ROSS and Cromarty)To ask the Secretary for Scotland, having regard to the payments in aid of the provision of a properly qualified teaching staff under Section II., Sub section D, of the Education (Scotland) Minute of March 19th, 1906, will he state what sum would be allocated to schools in each of the crofting counties, taking as a basis the average number of school children on the roll during the school financial year ending between February 28th, 1905, and January 31st, 1906.
(Answered by Mr. Sinclair.) The sum which would be allocated to schools in each of the crofting counties under Section II., D, of the Minute of March 19th, 1906, on the basis stated in the Question, provided that the conditions prescribed in such section were fulfilled, would be as follows:
It must be understood, of course, that this is merely a possible payment, the actual amount to be paid depending upon the number of schools which are found to have fulfilled the conditions of the Minute.
£ Argyll 5,990 Caithness 2,090 Inverness 6,350 Orkney 2,170 Ross 4,200 Shetland 2,300 Sutherland 1,380 £24,480