§ 67. Mr. Emrys Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what proposals he has, apart from local govern
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Number of Pupils in January, 1967 Amount, or estimated amount, of grant for schools' financial year ended in 1967 Estimated amount of grant for the schools' financial year ending in 1968 Exchequer Grant E.A. Contributions Exchequer Grant E.A. Contributions £ £ £ £ GRANT AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOLS Aberdeen Albyn School for Girls 493 41,039 — 45,650 — Convent of Sacred Heart Secondary School 232 * 22,215 135 23,718 120 Robert Gordon's College 1,150 * 103,730 3,250 103,325 3,250 St. Margaret's School for Girls 391 * 28,119 — 29,050 — Dundee High School of Dundee 1,113 * 94,576 1,113 97,761 1,113 Edinburgh Merchant Co. Schools: 351,045 890 Daniel Stewart's College 927 371,460 890 Mary Erskine School for Girls 953 George Watson's College 1,480 George Watson's Ladies College 960 George Heriot's School 1,490 * 99,025 — 103,220 — John Watson's School 420 * 26,196 — 30,282 — Melville College 531 38,843 — 38,600 — St. Mary's Cathedral Choir School 33 * 4,450 — 4,785 — Glasgow Craigholme School 574 * 43,600 — 49,632 Hutchesons' Boys Grammar School 849 * 144,581 3,017 149,141 3,017 Hutchesons' Girls Grammar School 874 Kelvinside Academy 628 35,920 — 43,350 — Laurel Bank School 591 * 50,135 — 55,835 — St. Aloysius' College 796 61,023 3,751 65,256 3,504 Westbourne School for Girls 606 * 44,810 — 44,650 — Ayr Troon, Marr College 767 * 74,816 50,142 82,572 44,180 ment, for the modernisation of the machinery of government in Scotland.
§ Mr. RossI am always vigilant to identify fields in which modernisation is possible and desirable. The Scottish Transport Group which the current Transport Bill proposes to establish is a current example of action taken to this end.