§ MR. FLYNN (Cork, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether he can say how much of the increase of £645,000 of the charge for elementary education in Great Britain is owing to the larger number of children in the schools, and how much to other causes; is he aware that for the purposes of elementary education for the coming financial year England will receive from the public 936 exchequer 7s. 7d. per head of population, Scotland 7s. 9¾d., and Ireland 6s. 5d.; and whether, in view of these figures, the Treasury will be prepared to consider favourably the application of the Irish Board of Education for increased necessary expenditure.
§ MR. McKENNAThe matter is one that cannot conveniently or usefully be discussed by Question and Answer. I may, however, mention that I cannot admit the accuracy of the hon. Member's figures.
§ MR. McKENNAThe discussion on the Estimates will afford a more convenient opportunity of explaining that.