§ Sir H. O'NEILLasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of inspectors of secondary and continuation schools in Scotland on the 31st March, 1930; the number of pupils enrolled in these schools at that date; the amounts paid in salaries and expenses in the year ended at that date to these inspectors; the number of inspectors of other public schools in Scotland on the same date; the number of pupils enrolled in these other public schools; and the amounts paid in salaries and expenses in the same year to these inspectors of other public schools?
Mr. W. ADAMSONThe members of the inspection staff of the Scottish Education Department are not assigned to particular types of school, so that it is not possible to classify them in the manner stated in the question. The total number 1981W of inspectors in the service of the Department on 31st March, 1930, was 62. The amounts paid in salaries and expenses on account of inspection in the year ended on that date were £51,494 and £10,273, respectively. The average number of pupils enrolled in State-aided secondary schools in Scotland for the year ended 31st July, 1929, the latest date for which information is available, was 154,240. The number of pupils in continuation classes was 159,414. The average number of pupils enrolled in other State-aided schools was 665,333.