§ MR. BARTLEY (Islington, N.)I beg to ask the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education whether secondary schools carried on for private profit are now eligible for public grants out of taxation as well as those secondary schools which are conducted so as to pay a substantial dividend on the capital employed.
§ THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL ON EDUCATION (Sir JOHN GORST,) Cambridge UniversityThey are not eligible for public grants.
§ MR. BARTLEYI beg to ask the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education on what authority financial grants are made by the Board of Education towards the education of pupils in secondary schools whose pupils are financially able to pay, and do pay, substantial fees for their education.
§ SIR JOHN GORSTThe sums granted by Parliament are administered by the Board of Education in accordance with regulations annually laid before Parliament. Such grants are made to schools which, from their character and financial position, are eligible to receive aid from public funds, and not to individual scholars.