VOLUNTARY SCHOOLS BILL (HALFTIME SCHOLARS).

HC Deb 11 March 1897 vol 47 c498

MR. J. H. YOXALL (Nottingham, W.)

I beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education if, for the purposes of the Voluntary Schools Bill, the attendance of half-time scholars will be computed as under Article 12 (b) of the Day School Code?

THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (Sir JOHN GORST,) Cambridge University

Yes, Sir, unless hereafter the Education Department make fresh rules for computing average attendance for the purposes of this Bill.