§ MR. JACOB BRIGHT (Manchester, S.W.)I beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education whether the population of Chorlton-cum-Hardy-, which in 1881 was 2,332, is now about 6,000; whether the only-public elementary school in the township is a national school with accommodation for 364 children; and whether the 685 Education Department will at once take the necessary steps to secure the provision of sufficient school accommodation, in accordance with the Education Acts?
§ *THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (Sir W. HART DYKE,) Kent, DartfordThe population is now 4,500. The increase is, I am informed, due to the influx of a large class whose children either do not attend public elementary schools or go into Manchester to the Higher Grade Schools. There is no pressure upon the space afforded by the National Schools, and I have no reason to believe that there is any deficiency of accommodation, but if any new facts are brought under the Department's notice, the proper steps will be taken.