HC Deb 03 February 1948 vol 446 cc1622-3
24. Mr. Gilzean

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what education grants, per capita and global, are paid to schools in Scotland, the administration of which is outwith the control of education committees, along with a list of such schools.

Mr. T. Fraser

With the hon. Member's permission I will circulate the information in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

The following is the information: Grants to schools not under the management of education authorities are payable from the Education (Scotland) Fund under the Education (Scotland) Miscellaneous Grants Provisional Regulations, 1946. None of these grants is now calculated on a per capita basis. The grants are paid to three types of school as follows:
  1. (1) Secondary Schools—a grant equal to the lesser of the following sums—
    1. (a) 55 per cent. of the approved expenditure on school maintenance; or
    2. (b) the deficit in the school maintenance account.
  2. (2) Residential Special Schools.—A grant equal to the lesser of the followign sums:
    1. (a) income from fees, endowments and local sources, including the contributions of education authorities other than those made by authorities in respect of the education and maintenance of individual pupils; or
    2. (b) the deficit in the school maintenance account.
  3. (3) Orphanage Schools.—A maximum grant of 55 per cent. of the approved expenditure on education of the pupils.

The schools to which grants are payable are as follows:

Schools not under the management of education authorities in receipt of grants under the Education (Scotland) Miscellaneous Grants Provisional Regulations, 1946.

Secondary Schools.

Residential Special Schools.

Orphanage Schools.