§ 20. Mr. JAMES HOGGEasked the Secretary for Scotland what portion of the expenditure of the Episcopal Training College in Edinburgh has been provided by Government Grants during the last seven years; whether the present reduction in staff salaries has the approval of the Education Department; whether his Department has sanctioned the proposed curtailment of the curriculum at the college; what proportion of the students in training during the last seven years came from England; and whether such students are being trained with funds provided by the Treasury through the Scottish Education Department?
The SECRETARY for SCOTLAND (Mr. McKinnon Wood)The accounts for the year 1912–13 are not yet available, but, during the six years beginning 31st July, 1906, the average expenditure of the training college in question was about £4,160 a year, while the average income from Government Grants was about £2,300 a year. The estimate for the year 1913–14 has not yet been submitted. So long as efficiency is properly secured, it is not open to the Department to object to variations in staff and salaries. I am not aware that it is proposed to curtail any part of the curriculum which is essential for the granting of the general certificate. Out of 211 students enrolled during the last seven years eighty are understood to have come from England. The Grants paid by the Department in respect of these students were provided by the Treasury.
§ Mr. HOGGEIs it the case that this college has made any suggestion for curtailing the curriculum, and, if so, does the Department approve of it?
Mr. McKINNON WOODI have answered that: "I am not aware of any proposal to curtail any part of the curriculum which is essential for the granting of the general certificate."