§ MR. J. MACVEAGH (Down, S.)To ask the Secretary for Scotland whether he can state the total amount obtained in the last financial year in Scotland for the purposes of education, including the Parliamentary grants and local rates, and the cost per head of the population as estimated in 1905.
(Answered by Mr. Sinclair.) The amount expended out of Parliamentary grants for the financial year ended 31st March, 1907, was approximately £1,970,730, and the rate per head of population, as estimated in 1905, was 8s. 5¼d. The amount raised out of local rates for the year ended Whit Sunday, 1906, was approximately £1,223,760, and the rate per head was 5s. 3¼d. But, on the whole subject, I cannot do better than to refer my hon. friend to the Return relating to Education in the United Kingdom, numbered 305, and dated 2nd August, 1906, which gives full particulars for the year 1904–5.