Mr. G. MURRAYasked the Secretary for Scotland when the Scottish Education Act, 1918, abolished secondary education committees in Scotland and transferred their duties to the newly-created education authorities and pensioned off the clerks to the old committees, who framed the pensions regulations and had they to receive Government approval; how many such clerks were pensioned; how long had each served; how much are their pensions; and had the clerks, or any of them, and, if so, how many, asked for pensions?
§ Mr. MUNROAs regards the first part of the question, I would refer my bon. Friend to the Fourth Schedule to 251W the Education (Scotland) Act, 1918, and in particular to Section 11 thereof. The information asked for in the second part of the question could only be obtained by calling for a special Return, which I feel would hardly justify the time and labour involved.