§ DR. MACNAMARAI beg to ask the Secretary to the Board of Education whether he can state the number of denominational schools, by denominations and departments, and the total accommodation of the same, transferred to the local education authorities, under Section 23 of the Act of 1870, since the coming into operation of the Education Act of 1902.
§ SIR WILLIAM ANSONThe number of voluntary schools, the transfers of which to local education authorities have been finally sanctioned by the Board under Section 23 of the Act of 1870, is, five Church of England schools, having seven departments providing accommodation for 951; one Wesleyan school, having one department, providing accommodation for 161; eighteen British and Foreign Schools Society schools having twenty-eight departments, providing accommodation for 4,613; and six unde- 774 nominational, having nine departments, providing accommodation for 1,633. The Board have also approved the transfer, under Section 19 of the Act of 1870, of seventy-one Church of England schools, providing accommodation for 16,030; eight Wesleyan schools, providing accommodation for 3,692; eighteen British and Foreign Schools Society schools, providing accommodation for 7,485; and twenty-two undenominational, providing accommodation for 5,758.