§ MR. WEIRTo ask the Secretary for Scotland having regard to the fact that Mr. Boyd, on page 5 of his Report for the northern division, Education (Scotland), states that in some localities it is difficult to obtain persons to clean school premises, is he aware that this is due to the remuneration offered for the work being insufficient; and will he consider the expediency of directing the attention of school managers to this point.
(Answered by Mr. Sinclair.) From inquiries made, it appears that in a number of rural localities the people open to employment of the kind in question are extremely few, and there the difficulty is not necessarily one of pay. The attention of managers is systematically drawn to the fact, whenever an inspector reports that a school is not kept clean; and, in cases of flagrant neglect, the grant is reduced; but the question of the proper amount of remuneration is one for managers.