§ 28. Mr. LEONARDasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the percentage which the grants payable in each case under the Education. Grant Regulations at present lying upon the Table of the House bear to the net estimated expenditure for the year 1933–34 in each education area in Scotland?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for SCOTLAND (Mr. Skelton)As the answer is in the nature of a tabular state- 1090 merit, I propose, with the hon. Member's permission, to circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the answer:
| Education Area and Grants* under the Regulations for 1934–35 expressed as a percentage of estimated net expenditure† for the year 1933–34. | |
| Percentage. | |
| Aberdeen (County) | 73.1 |
| Angus | 59.7 |
| Argyll | 62.7 |
| Ayr | 52.7 |
| Banff | 74.3 |
| Berwick | 59.7 |
| Bute | 57.0 |
| Caithness | 74.0 |
| Clackmannan | 52.4 |
| Dumfries | 58.7 |
| Dunbarton | 51.3 |
| East Lothian | 51.1 |
| Fife | 53.6 |
| Inverness | 74.9 |
| Kincardine | 65.5 |
| Kirkcudbright | 57.1 |
| Lanark | 56.7 |
| Midlothian | 54.4 |
| Moray and Nairn | 69.2 |
| Orkney | 80.5 |
| Peebles | 57.9 |
| Perth and Kinross | 56.0 |
| Renfrew | 55.7 |
| Ross and Cr[...]marty | 77.1 |
| Roxburgh | 56.5 |
| Selkirk | 58.4 |
| Stirling | 54.3 |
| Sutherland | 74.9 |
| West Lothian | 56.7 |
| Wigtown | 66.1 |
| Zetland | 88.1 |
| Burghs. | |
| Aberdeen | 56.1 |
| Dundee | 58.2 |
| Edinburgh | 46.1 |
| Glasgow | 46.2 |
| * Estimated grants payable under the Education Authorities (Scotland) Grant Regulations, 1934, as amended by the Education Authorities (Scotland) Grant Amendment Regulations, 1934. | |
| † Estimated Net Expenditure from revenue account met by grants from the Education (Scotland) Fund and by rates (including derating grants). Expenditure on "Approved Schools" (Reformatory and Industrial Schools) it is included. | |
| Scottish Education Department, Wednesday, 18th July, 1934. |