§ MR. MONDTo ask the President of the Board of Education whether he can state what is the average sum expended on elementary education per scholar in non-provided schools, and how much of such sum is provided from Treasury grants and how much by rates.
(Answered by Mr Birrell.) Previous to the Act of 1902 coming into force grants from the Imperial Exchequer to voluntary schools were paid to the managers, and statistics as to the total amount of grant paid were therefore available. Since the Act of 1902 local authorities have been responsible for the maintenance of council and voluntary schools alike; only one account is kept of the receipts and expenditure, and no separate figures are available as to the amounts received on behalf of one or other class of schools.