HC Deb 01 December 1911 vol 32 cc986-9W
Mr. ESSLEMONT

asked the Lord-Advocate (1) if he could state the total cost, for the latest financial year, per pupil in average attendance at evening and continuation classes; and the amount of Government grant per pupil in each of the secondary education districts in Scotalnd; (2) the total cost for the latest financial year per pupil in average attendance at the primary, intermediate, secondary, and technical schools, respectively, in each of the thirty-eight secondary education districts in Scotland; and (3) the amount of Government grant received in the latest

Secondary Education Districts. Continuation Classes. Primary, Intermediate and Secondary Schools.
Cost per pupil.* Government grant per pupil. Cost per pupil in average attendance. Government grant per pupil in average attendance.
Counties— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Aberdeen (excluding Burgh) … 1 0 9 13 5 4 5 10 2 7 9
Argyll … 1 1 9 11 8 6 4 8 3 3 2
Ayr … 1 7 6 18 0 4 9 2 2 4 10
Banff … 17 2 10 6 4 0 3 2 11 2
Berwick … 1 0 3 10 2 5 5 8 2 9 3
Bute … 1 0 8 12 7 4 18 3 2 9 4
Caithness … 18 6 10 8 4 15 11 2 16 9
Clackmannan … 1 10 6 19 2 5 13 4 2 7 11
Dumbarton … 1 6 7 17 9 4 16 4 2 3 4
Dumfries … 1 4 0 12 9 5 2 4 2 9 0
Edinburgh (excluding City and Leith) … 1 4 10 14 11 4 9 6 2 9 7
Elgin … 1 7 6 17 10 4 18 2 2 9 5
Fife and Kinross … 1 6 8 16 10 4 19 7 2 2 3
Forfar (excluding Dundee) … 1 7 7 18 7 4 18 7 2 5 0
Haddington … 19 6 10 5 4 11 5 2 3 6
Inverness … 1 1 9 14 4 4 19 3 2 16 6
Kincardine … 15 11 10 6 4 9 7 2 10 2
Kirkcudbright … 1 4 9 12 9 4 15 0 2 7 7
Lanark (excluding Glasgow and Govan) … 1 5 11 17 4 4 7 5 2 2 5
Linlithgow … 1 3 2 14 9 4 1 0 2 1 0
Nairn … 18 1 8 8 5 1 1 2 7 7
Orkney … 17 5 9 2 4 14 2 3 7 3
Peebles … 16 11 11 0 6 12 0 2 15 10
Perth … 1 4 7 14 2 5 12 10 2 9 8
Renfrew … 1 9 6 1 1 5 4 14 5 2 1 8
Ross and Cromarty … 16 10 7 9 4 12 5 2 17 3
Roxburgh … 1 7 8 14 4 5 10 3 2 12 3
Selkirk … 1 15 3 1 4 0 7 17 9 2 2 7
Shetland … 1 3 6 16 1 4 7 5 3 0 2
Stirling … 1 9 11 18 9 4 14 3 2 2 4
Sutherland … 16 11 10 8 6 5 3 3 10 8
Wigtown … 1 5 8 11 7 4 14 2 2 7 5
School Board Burghs—
Edinburgh … 1 9 6 1 1 0 6 17 11 2 8 6
Glasgow … 18 7 13 10 5 11 10 2 4 9
Aberdeen … 1 9 1 1 1 10 5 13 3 2 8 1
Dundee … 1 2 3 16 3 4 17 9 2 9 1
Leith … 2 13 8 1 8 3 5 13 3 1 18 1
Govan (Parish) … 1 6 6 19 9 5 5 3 2 7 3
* This is the net maintenance cost (after deduction of income from fees, etc.) per head of the number of pupils eligible for grant. The average attendance at Continuation Classes is not known.

financial year by each of the thirty-eight secondary education districts in Scotland per pupil in average attendance at the primary, intermediate, secondary, and technical schools respectively.

Mr. URE

I regret that I am not in a position from the statistics available to give separate figures for primary, intermediate, and secondary schools as desired by my hon. Friend. The figures, taking these collectively, are as follows:—

The figures in the foregoing table and below are for the year 1909–10, the latest financial year for which returns are available.

With regard to the technical schools, which is understood to denote the central technical institutions, as distinct from the continuation classes, I would refer the hon. Member to the table on pages 152 and 153 of the last relative Report of the Scotch Education Department (a copy of which is being sent to him), which gives the figures as to attendance and grant (no figures as to average attendance are available). The figures as to cost are as follows:—

Technical Colleges (Central Institutions). Gross Expenditure (less Income from Fees).
£ s. d.
Aberdeen and North of Scotland College of Agriculture 9,235 10 3
Aberdeen, Gordon's College and Gray's School of Art 3,065 4 0½
Dundee Technical College and School of Art 4,349 1 8
Dunfermline College of Hygiene and Physical Training 1,902 2 10
Edinburgh and East of Scotland College of Agriculture 6,332 0 7
Edinburgh College of Art 7,950 0 2
Edinburgh Heriot Watt College 11,955 13 7
Edinburgh Royal (Dick) Veterinary College 2,148 0 10
Edinburgh School of Cookery 268 9 10
Glasgow and West of Scotland College of Domestic Science. 2,029 7 2
Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College 20,507 7 6
Glasgow Athenæum Commercial College 1,649 1 10½
Glasgow School of Art 6,491 6 7
Glasgow Veterinary College 992 18 3
Leith Nautical College 798 5 4
West of Scotland Agricultural College 10,305 10 3

As these institutions are not referable to one particular district more than another, it is not possible to allocate the cost and the grant in aid among the several secondary education districts.