§ 9. Mr. G. M. Thomsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland to state, for each of the education authorities in Scotland, the percentage of their children on the school rolls aged 13 years and over who were this year exempted from school attendance to attend the potato harvest; and if he will state the average period of exemption for each authority.
§ Mr. Henderson StewartAs the Answer consists of a table of figures, I shall, with permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
Following is the Answer:The following table gives the information asked for in so far as education authorities are at this date able to supply it.
| CHILDREN AGED 13 AND OVER | |||
| Education authority | Number exempted | Percentage of roll | Average period |
| Days | |||
| Aberdeen | 1,659 | 32 | 10.6 |
| Angus | 1,262 | 40.5 | 5 |
| Argyll | 200 | 9 | 14 |
| Ayr | 452 | 30 | 8 |
| *Banff | — | — | — |
| Berwick | 410 | 40 | 15 |
| Bute | 149 | 28.4 | 15 |
| Caithness | 168 | 17 | 4½ |
| Clackmannan | 170 | 14 | 5½ |
| Dumfries | 1,005 | 32.6 | 13 |
| Dunbarton | 650 | 9.2 | 8½ |
| East Lothian | 380 | 33 | 15 |
| Fife | 5,585 | 35 | 12 |
| *Inverness | — | — | — |
| Kincardine | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Kirkcudbright | 186 | 24.3 | 5½ |
| Lanark | 1,874 | 6.5 | 8 |
| Midlothian | 1,313 | 29.4 | 12 |
| Moray and Nairn | 1,143 | 48 | 5 |
| Orkney | 3 | 0.28 | 10 |
| Peebles | 129 | 21 | 7 |
| Perth and Kinross | 1,760 | 40.7 | 9 |
| Renfrew | 308 | 3 | 6½ |
| Ross and Cromarty | 551 | 16.6 | 15 |
| Roxburgh | 424 | 24 | 15 |
| Selkirk | 184 | 26 | 15 |
| Stirling | 1,331 | 22.2 | 9 |
| *Sutherland | — | — | — |
| West Lothian | 1,089 | 32.1 | 11 |
| Wigtown | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Zetland | 91 | 10 | 3½ |
| Burghs | |||
| Aberdeen | 633 | 8.4 | 7 |
| Dundee | 3,098 | 42 | 15 |
| Edinburgh | 507 | 2.8 | 10.8 |
| Glasgow | 663 | 1.5 | 15 |
| *Figures not yet available. |
§ 10. Mr. G. M. Thomsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many children from Dundee schools, including the Dundee High School, obtained exemption to attend the potato harvest this year; which schools they came from; and the average period of exemption.
§ Mr. Henderson StewartAs the Answer includes a table of figures I shall, with permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the Answer:
§ The particulars for schools under the management of Dundee education authority are as follows:—
| School | Number of exemptions | Average period of exemption |
| Logie Junior Secondary School. | 437 | Three weeks |
| Rockwell Junior Secondary School. | 409 | Three weeks |
| Stobswell Boys' Junior Secondary School. | 599 | Three weeks |
| Stobswell Girls' Junior Secondary School. | 505 | Three weeks |
| St. John's Roman Catholic Junior Secondary School. | 533 | Three weeks |
| St. Michael's Roman Catholic Junior Secondary School. | 434 | Three weeks |
| Grove Academy | 134 | Three weeks |
| Harris Academy | 22 | Three weeks |
| Morgan Academy | 22 | Three weeks |
| Lawside Academy | — | — |
| Fairmuir Special School | 3 | Three weeks |
| TOTAL | 3,098 | |
| No pupils were released from attendance at Dundee High School which is under the management of a voluntary governing body. |