HC Deb 27 November 1928 vol 223 cc255-6W
Mr. WESTWOOD

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of schools transferred or established under Section 18 of the Education (Scotland) Act, 1918, giving the numbers for the respective education authorities?

Sir J. GILMOUR

The following table shows the number of schools, not all of them being denominational schools, transferred to education authorities under Section 18 of the Education (Scotland) Act, 1918.

Authority. No. of Schools.
Burghs.
Aberdeen … 5
Dundee … 8
Edinburgh … 18
Glasgow … 37
Counties.
Aberdeenshire … 14
Argyll … 6
Ayr … 23
Banff … 8
Berwick … 1
Bute … 2
Caithness … —
Clackmannan … 2
Dumbarton … 12
Dumfries … 5
East Lothian … 2
Fife … 11
Forfar … 2
Inverness … 14
Kincardine … 5
Kinross … —
Kirkcudbright … 3
Lanark … 38
Midlothian … 13
Moray … 3
Nairn … 1
Orkney … —
Peebles … 2
Perth … 9
Renfrewshire … 18
Ross and Cromarty … 2
Roxburgh … 3
Selkirk … 3
Shetland … 1
Stirling … 9
Sutherland … 1
Westlothian … 9
Wigtown … 3
Total … 293

Since 1918 the education authorities named have established the following number of denominational schools:

Authority. No. of Schools.
Burghs.
Edinburgh … 2
Glasgow … 4
Counties.
Ayr … 1
Dumbarton … 1
Fife … 2
Midlothian … 1
Renfrewshire … 1
Total … 12