§ MR. HARRINGTONasked the President of the Local Government Board, 679 Whether the present staff of four Inspectors is adequate for the efficient inspection and proper supervision of Poor Law Industrial Schools; whether representations have been made from time to time as to the necessity of providing additional help for this important work; and, what steps, if any, he intends to take in the matter?
MR. GEORGE RUSSELLAlthough the duties which devolve on the School Inspectors of the Local Government Board are of an onerous character, the Board consider that at present the staff of four Inspectors is adequate for the efficient inspection of the workhouse and district schools, and they have not received representations to the contrary. The district which includes the Metropolitan Unions is probably the heaviest; and if the number of Unions in which the children are sent out to school from the workhouse continues to increase, there may be some ground for a reconsideration of the present districts of the Inspectors.