§ Mr. Eadieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total cost involved in the running of the Scottish Certificate of Education Examination Board in each of the years 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1969.
§ Mr. RossThe recurrent expenditure of the Board, which is met by education authorities, has been as follows:
£ 1965 … … 330,000* 1966 … … 363,000 1967 … … 396,000 1968 … … 485,000 1969 … … (estimate) 532,000 * Although the Scottish Certificate of Education Examination Board formally took over responsibility for conducting the examinations from 1st January, 1965, some expenditure was necessarily incurred before that date and this figure covers the period 1st April, 1964, to 31st December, 1965. It includes £120,000 paid, as an initial grant, from the Exchequer.