§ Mr. ANSTRUTHER-GRAYasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the estimated reductions in grants for the ensuing year for all the different educational authorities in Scotland as compared with the grants for 1931–32?
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§ Sir A. SINCLAIRThe following statement shows for each education authority in Scotland, the estimated reduction in grant for the year 1932–33 as compared with the grant for 1931–32. The estimate of reductions will fall to be adjusted when the Department have further information as to the data upon which the grants for the year 1932–33 will he calculated.
Education Authority. *Grant payable in respect of the year 1931–32. Estimate of the amount by which the grant for 1932–33 will fall short of the grant for 1931–32. £ £ Aberdeen (County) 238,757 17,170 Angus 138,938 10,327 Argyll 106,138 6,902 Ayr 425,710 32,878 Banff 110,471 7,546 Berwick 38,063 2,761 Bute 18,805 1,470 Caithness 53,164 3,305 Clackmannan 51,962 3,950 Dumfries 125,075 9,226 Dumbarton 218,192 17,114 East Lothian 63,847 4,982 Fife 423,817 32,610 Inverness 177,198 10,735 Kincardine 44,741 3,227 Kirkcudbright 47,333 3,322 Lanark 781,853 61,288 Midlothian 136,201 10,395 Moray and Nairn 80,092 5,833 Orkney 40,540 2,424 Peebles 18,229 1,405 Perth and Kinross 171,817 12,639 Renfrew 419,267 33,158 Ross and Cromarty 130,430 7,615 Roxburgh 61,065 4,454 Selkirk 27,467 2,118 Stirling 244,390 18,997 Sutherland 41,770 1,976 West Lothian 137,183 10,511 Wigtown 47,215 3,370 Zetland 46,953 2,218 Burghs. Aberdeen 220,876 17,028 Dundee 216,558 17,611 Edinburgh 460,747 38,309 Glasgow 1,315,138 111,143 Totals 6,880,002 530,017 * Subject to small accounting adjustments.