§ MR. STANLEY LEIGHTON (Shropshire, Oswestry)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he can state the number of School Boards (excluding those for London and boroughs with a population over 30,000) receiving grants under the Agricultural Rates Act 1806; the total amount of the grant certified by the Local Government Board to be payable annually to such School Boards; the average number of children in attendance in the schools of such School Boards during the year ended 31st August 1896; and what the average sum per child would be if the grant were calculated on the average number of children in attendance at school during the year referred to; and, whether, in the cases of the School Boards for Leake, Thorpe St. Peters, Stansfield, Wookey, Great Steeping, Firsby (including Irby), In-goldmells (including Addlethorpe), the amount of grants to the School Boards would, if calculated on the number of children in average attendance during the year ended 31st August 1896, be equal to an average annual sum per child ranging from 7s. 4d. to 12s.?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. T. W. RUSSELL, Tyrone, S.)The number of School Boards referred to in the Question is 2,380. The grants certified in the case of these Boards amount to £101,055. 7s. 6d. The average number of children in attendance in the schools of those School Boards during the year mentioned was 839,720. The average sum per child, if the grant were calculated on the average number of children in attendance at school during the year, 1236 would be 2s. 4d. The answer to the concluding Question is yes.