§ Mr. MOUNTasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether the salary of a county organiser of agricultural instruction will be included in Class 1 of the expenditure on agricultural education under the regulations for Grants in aid of agricultural education and research recently issued?
§ Sir HARRY VERNEYThe reply is in the affirmative.
§ Mr. MOUNTasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether he will state, for each of the administrative counties, the share of the residue Grant which has been estimated as attributable to agricultural education in each county under paragraph 22 of the regulations for Grants in aid of agricultural education and research?
§ Sir H. VERNEYI regret that I am unable to state the estimated shares of the residue Grant attributable to agricultural education in each county. The actual share for each county has not yet been fixed. In the Board's circular letter A.244/C forwarding the regulations referred to by the hon. Member, county education authorities have been asked to submit an estimate of their receipts and payments in respect of agricultural education for the current year. When these estimates have been received and considered, each county will be notified by the Board of the share of the residue Grant which it is expected to provide for agricultural education under paragraph 22 of the regulations.