HC Deb 25 July 1907 vol 179 cc111-2
MR. J. D. WHITE (Dumbartonshire)

To ask the Secretary for Scotland if he will state what was the amount received during the financial year ending 31st March, 1907, in respect of each of the five sums referred to in the five paragraphs of subsection (1) of Clause 12 of the Education (Scotland) Bill; and what was the total credit balance, if any, remaining in respect of each of these sums at the close of that financial year.

(Answered by Mr. Sinclair.) The amounts in question were—

£ s. d.
Subsection (1) 40,000 0 0
Subsection (2) 59,163 9 5
Subsection (3) 60,000 0 0
Subsection (4) 37,977 12 1
Subsection (5) 37,937 19 11

The sums under (1) and (4) were paid into the Fee Grant Account. The credit balance of the Fee Grant Account at 31st March, 1907, was £113,530, 18s. 7d. The sums under (3) and (5) are paid partly into the Higher Inspection Account and partly into the Secondary Education Account. The credit balances of these accounts at 31st March, 1907, were—

£ s. d.
Higher Inspection Account 1,648 10 0
Secondary Education Account 24,026 6 9