§ Mr. Monroasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will list those local authorities who charge fees to the parents of some children attending schools in their area;
104W(2) what is the number of children in the current year and in 1967–68 at local authority schools in respect of whom fees are charged to the parents;
(3) what is the number of children attending grant-aided schools in the current year and in 1967–68;
(4) what is the number of children receiving education at independent schools in the current year and in 1967–68;
(5) what is the number of children in the current year and in 1967–68 receiving education at private schools whose fees are paid for by a local authority.
§ Mr. RossThe education authorities which charge fees in some of their schools or departments are Angus, Dumfriesshire, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Fife, Invernessshire, Kincardineshire and Renfrewshire. In January, 1968 these schools and departments had 16,930 pupils; no details are available of the number of pupils in respect of whom fees may be remitted under local arrangements.
On the same date there were 19,904 pupils attending schools grant-aided under the Grant-Aided Secondary Schools (Scotland) Grant Regulations 1959, and 17,477 pupils attending independent schools. Figures for the session 1968–69 are not yet available.
Information about the number of pupils at independent schools who have had their fees paid by local authorities is not available.