§ 24. Mr. TRAINasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he can give the total number of five-, four-, three-, and two-apartment houses built by the Corporation of Glasgow under the various Housing Acts; and whether he can state the amount of arrears of rent in each class of house respectively?
§ Mr. JOHNSTONThe Corporation of Glasgow inform me that the figures are as shown in the tabular statement which I am circulating in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ The following is the statement:
§ certified mentally deficient children under 16 years of age who are boarded with their parents is 40.
§ 23. Mr. TRAINasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of mentally defective children in Scotland certified under the Mental Deficiency Act; what proportion are certified as educable; how many teachers are engaged in educating them; and what is the size of the classes?
§ Mr. JOHNSTONThe number of mentally defective children in Scotland 1939 under 16 years of age who have been certified under the Mental Deficiency Act is 706, of whom 204, or approximately 29 per cent., are certified as educable. The number of teachers engaged in educating such children is 20, and the average number of pupils in each class is 19.
§ Mr. TRAINIs the Under-Secretary quite satisfied that the local authorities are doing their best to administer this Act in Scotland?
§ Mr. JOHNSTONI have no reason to doubt that that is the fact, but, if the hon. Gentleman has any evidence to the contrary, I shall be glad to receive it.
§ Mr. KINLEYMay I ask whether the institution in which these mental defectives are kept is under the Board of Control?
§ Mr. JOHNSTONI should not care to answer that question without notice, but that is my impression.