§ MR. CHANNING (Northamptonshire, E.)On behalf of the honourable Member for the Mansfield Division of Nottinghamshire. I. beg to ask the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education whether, in view of the interest attaching to the operation of the Voluntary Schools Act, he will grant a Return of the associations, with their areas and the number of representatives in each; the several schools which have objected to join an association and have been refused a grant, with the grounds of such objection; the purposes to which the grants are to be applied; and the subscriptions and total income of each school for the year 1897–98?
§ THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL ON EDUCATION (Sir J. GORST,) Cambridge UniversityThe Return of associations and of schools which have objected to join and been refused a grant can be given. The special 530 aid grant made to each school will be given in next year's Report, and the Committee of Council will consider what information as to the purposes to which the grants have been applied can be added. To give the subscriptions and total income of each school for 1897–98 is impracticable.
§ MR. CHANNINGWill the right honourable Gentleman obtain the grounds of objection to joining associations?
§ SIR J. GORSTI have said the Committee of Council will consider what information shall be given.