37. Duchess of ATHOLLasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much of the total expenditure of over £2,000,000 mentioned in the last report of the Scottish Education Department as the estimated cost of providing accommodation for children of from 14 to 15 is estimated to be required for secondary schools; how much for the replacement or improvement of defective primary school buildings; and how much for the provision of central schools or classes with accommodation for practical instruction and for the addition of rooms for practical instruction to existing primary schools?
§ Mr. JOHNSTONThe information supplied by education authorities, upon which the estimate referred to by the Noble Lady is based, does not include the details for which she asks, and I am afraid that the precise apportionment of the estimate into the sections desiderated in the question would be a matter of some expense and difficulty.