§ MR. ALEXANDER CROSSOn behalf of the hon. Member for Mid Armagh, I beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland what was the expenditure incurred by the teaching of Gaelic as an extra subject in primary schools in Scotland during the past year.
§ THE SECRETARY FOR SCOTLAND (Mr. SINCLAIR,) ForfarshireNo grant is paid in Scotland for the teaching of Gaelic or of any other language as an extra subject. Grants are made on account of the curriculum as a whole and it is within the discretion of local managers to decide what language or 84 languages they will teach, if any. But a special grant is made for the employment of Gaelic-speaking teachers to teach Gaelic-speaking children and the amount of this grant in the last completed year was £1,580.