§ MR. ALFRED DAVIESTo ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer if lie will state how much of the cost of elementary education for 1902–3, amounting to £8,589,889, was spent in England and Wales respectively.
(Answered by Mr. Ritchie.) The apportionment suggested by the hon. Member could not be made without a calculation which would at best be approximate only, and would involve much labour and require a considerable time. I do not think such a calculation would serve any useful purpose, as the same grants are made, and under the same conditions, in England and Wales.