Major HENDERSONasked the Lord Advocate if he will state the number of children educated, the total cost of such education, the number of teachers, the number of inspectors in public elementary schools in Scotland for the years 1899 and 1909 respectively?
§ Mr. UREThe figures are as follows:—
1899. 1909. Number of Pupils on Registers of Primary Schools 741,737 803,820* Total Maintenance Cost £1,621,544 £2,327,362* Number of Teachers (Certificated and Uncertificated but excluding Pupil Teachers) 12,747 17,942† Number of Inspectors:— Inspectors and Junior Inspectors 26 57 36 65 Sub-Inspectors 31 29 *Excluding Higher Grade Schools. †Including a small number partly employed in Higher Grade Schools. It should be explained that there is no distinct class of inspectors for primary schools, and the staff enumerated deals with other than exclusively primary work.