§ 56. Mr. T. SMITH (for Mr. THORNE)asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education if he is aware that, under the new regulations, the capitation grant will be reduced from 45s. to 41s.; if he can give any reason for this alteration; and if he can state, approximately, the saving to the Government?
§ Captain AUSTIN HUDSON (Lord of the Treasury)My Noble Friend would draw the hon. Member's attention to the answer given to the hon. Member for Caerphilly (Mr. M. Jones) on 26th April. The reduction in the rate of capitation grant should be read in conjunction with the increase in the rate of percentage grant in respect of teachers' salaries. The general effect of these changes taken together will be to secure that the increase in salary expenditure consequent on the remission of half the cut in teachers' salaries, as from 1st July next, will fall upon Exchequer funds.