§ SIR JAMES FERGUSSON (Manchester, N. E.)I beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education what number of School Boards have claimed payments from the Education Vote under Section 97 of the Education Act, 1870; what amount has been paid; and, whether such claims are on the increase?
§ SIR J. GORSTThree hundred and eighty-four Boards sent in claims for the year ending at Michaelmas, 1895, and 512 £39,152 has boon paid in respect of those claims. The claims for the year ended at Michaelmas last have not all been received; but it is expected that they will show an increase, as the Debates of last Session made several Boards realise the existence of Section 97 for the first time.