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Motion made, and Question proposed,
That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £1,250, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course
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of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1935, for Grants in respect of the expenses of the Managers of Approved Schools and of the expenses of Education Authorities in Scotland in respect of children and young persons committed to their care.
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§ The UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE for SCOTLAND (Mr. Skelton)The first item making up this Supplementary Vote is for £635, which is due to the restoration of the cut as from last July for teachers and other officers in these approved schools. The other item of £615 is due to an under estimation in the case of one approved school and the particular expenditure upon which the grant is based. The ordinary expenditure of the school was approved but was under estimated by several hundreds of pounds. The receipts were correctly calculated and there was a higher deficiency to be met.
§ Sir MURDOCH McKENZIE WOODWhy is it necessary to put forward this Vote as a Supplementary Estimate?
§ Mr. SKELTONThe restoration of the cut did not come into force until July and the other item is due to a miscalculation in the Estimate of the expenditure on approved schools.