HC Deb 18 September 1893 vol 17 cc1474-5
SIR R. TEMPLE (Surrey, Kingston)

I beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education whether the requisite facilities have been withheld from the School Board of Stockton-on-Tees, in respect to the building of a school of a superior grade unless the superior fees are remitted or not charged?

THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (Mr. ACLAND,) York, W.R., Rotherham

This is a case of a new school. No existing facilities have been withheld, and it is not a case of remission of fees. The Department hold that under Section 4 (1) of the Act of 1891 it would not be for the educational benefit of the district that fees should be charged in the proposed school, and so interposed at a period in a child's life when such a charge may be a barrier to his or her further advancement.