§ MR. MASSIE (Wiltshire, Cricklade)To ask the Secretary to the Board of Education the number of children over fourteen years of age in England and Wales who are attending the day schools aided from the Parliamentary grant; and the proportion per 1,000 which those scholars bear to the total number of scholars attending those schools.
708 (Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The figures for the year 1903–4 are as follows.
Later figures are not available.
Proportion per 1,000 which the number of these children bears to the total number of children attending the schools mentioned equals 10.6.
Number of children over 14 years of age on the registers of public elementary schools 60,056 Number of children over 14 years of age on the registers of higher elementary schools 2,123 Number of children over 14 years of age on the registers of special schools 2,140 Total 64,319