§ MR. ALFRED DAVIESI beg to ask the Secretary to the Board of Education if he will state the amount of Government grants given to Wales for educational purposes during the last financial year under the old system, and the prospective amount to be paid to the new educational authorities in Wales during the current year.
§ SIR WILLIAM ANSONI presume that the hon. Member refers to grants paid to public elementary schools in Wales and Monmouthshire. The amount of these grants for the year ending 31st August, 1902, was, roughly, £554,000. No very accurate estimate can be made of the amount of the grants which will be paid during the financial year ending 31st March, 1905, but it may be estimated at approximately £680,000. The increase is due partly to the new aid grant, and partly to very considerable increase in the average attendance, which influences all the grants.