§ MR. SUMMERS (Huddersfield)I beg to ask the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education what is the number of half-timers in England, Scotland, and Ireland respectively; and what is the number of half-timers in each of the three Kingdoms under the Factory Acts and the Education Acts respectively?
§ THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (Sir W. HART DYKE,) Kent, DartfordThe number of children who claimed special grants for half-time attendance during 1890 were, in Eng land and Wales, 175,437, and in Scotland, 18,351; but 8,381 of these latter were allowed to make half-time attendance only because they resided more than two miles from school. I cannot answer the first part of the question so far as it relates to Ireland, but the number of half-timers under the Factory Acts were, in Textile Factories, 73,819 in England and Wales, 6,777 in Scotland, and 5,903 in Ireland—and in non-Textile Factories, 12,389 for the United Kingdom, making a total of 98,818 under the Factory Acts.
§ MR. SUMMERSThe remainder being under the Education Act?
§ SIR W. HART DYKEYes, Sir.