§ Mr. RHYS DAVIESasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education the number of students who entered, for the purposes of training for the teaching profession, the colleges and universities of England and Wales, respectively, for each of the last three years, including the autumn of 1932, stating the number who entered by payment of fees and the number who did not pay fees on admission?
§ Mr. RAMSBOTHAMThe following table gives the latest available information as to the numbers of students admitted to universities and training colleges under the Regulations for the Training of Teachers. Owing to variation in the amounts of the assistance provided by the Board and by other authorities, it is not possible to furnish the information in the precise form desired.
grant from the Exchequer by the counties of Argyll, Inverness, Ross and Cromarty, Sutherland, Caithness, Orkney, and Shetland; and what percentage of such expenditure was received, respec- 613W tively., by the other counties of Scotland in the latest financial year for which returns are available?
§ Sir G. COLLINSThe education grants referred to in the counties mentioned are not subject to any condition that they shall amount to a minimum percentage of expenditure. Each education authority in Scotland, as the Noble Lady is no doubt aware, receives a grant which is calculated in accordance with the formula applicable to all areas in terms of the Education Authorities (Scotland) Grant Regulations. In addition, the areas named in the question may receive additional sums which are determined on a consideration of the special financial circumstances of the area. As the answer to the last part of the question contains a large number of figures, I will, with the Noble Lady's permission, send her a statement containing the information for all the counties.