§ Mr. WESTWOODasked the Under-Secretary to the Scottish Board of Health what were the amounts of the grants paid to Scottish education authorities last year; with the amounts shown in the Civil Service Estimates, what will be the amount available for distribution this year; and what, all other things remaining as last year, will be the average increase per £ on the rates as the result of the reduced grants?
§ Captain ELLIOTThe amount of grant payable to Scottish education authorities for the year 1922–23 is, approximately, £5,978,000. My Noble Friend is not at present in a position to give the precise figure for the coming year, but it is anticipated that there will be a reduction of, at most, £500,000, which, on the assumption that there is no corresponding reduction in expenditure, would represent an average rate of 2½85d. in the £ on the gross valuation.