§ MR. F. A. CHANNING (Northampton, E.)I beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education whether all schools with building grants are required to be held in trust for elementary education; whether the Education Department permits managers of schools which have received a building grant to repay that grant, and thereupon to have a right to dispose of the premises; and, if so, under what conditions; what steps are taken to secure that after the building grant is repaid the managers shall still give effect to the trusts under which the school is held; and whether the Education Department or the Charity 1567 Commission have any means of securing, that all the money derived from these buildings, whether as rent or purchase money, shall be applied in accordance with the trusts of the school?
§ SIR J. GORSTAll schools with building grants are required to be held in trust for elementary education. Building grants can be repaid; but unless special provision be made in the first deed, any disposal of the premises is governed by Section 14 of the Schools Sites Act, 1841. Trustees cannot vary the trusts without obtaining a scheme from the Charity Commissioners.