Mr. E. P. Smithasked the Minister of Education whether any orders have been made constituting joint education boards under the First Schedule, Part I, of the Education Act, 1944; if so, for what areas; in what cases a local inquiry was held beforehand; and what were the results of such local inquiries.
§ Miss WilkinsonYes, Sir. An order was made on 30th March, 1945, after a public inquiry, establishing a joint education board as the local education authority for the administrative county of the Soke of Peterborough and the City of Peterborough. A proposal to establish a joint education board as the local education authority for the administrative counties of Rutland and Leicestershire was abandoned after a public inquiry had been held into the proposal.