§ LORD HUGH CECIL (Greenwich)I beg to ask the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education what is the number of school places recognised by the Board of Education in elementary schools, whether board or voluntary, in the area under the London School Board, what is the number of projected places in such schools, what is the number of children for whom it is at the present time necessary to provide places, whether the number of such children is diminishing yearly within the London area, and how many unused sites for schools are now held by the London School Board.
§ THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL ON EDUCATION (Sir J. GORST,) Cambridge University(i.) There are 798,554 places recognised; (ii.) there are 28,214 places projected; (iii.) the number for whom it is necessary to provide places is 784,590; (iv.) the number of children is not diminishing; (v.) there are sixteen sites unused at present.