§ MR. FLOWER (Bradford, W.)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board if he can state the reasons given by the Bethnal Green Board of Guardians for asking leave to enlarge the accommodation of their school at Leytonstone; whether the number of children in the schools has decreased; and if the Department have decided to sanction the projected enlargement.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. WALTER LONG,) Bristol, S.. I have recently authorised an addition to the infants' school room at the Leytonstone schools at a cost not exceeding £683. This addition, which will not involve any increase in the number of children to be maintained in the schools, was proposed by the guardians on the ground that the schoolroom was quite inadequate for the proper accommodation of the infants. The number of children in the schools on the 1st of this month was 368, as compared with 407 on the corresponding day of last year.