§ MR. MACLEAN (Bath)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Education if he can state how many students from training colleges have been sent to France and Germany for special training in foreign languages, and how many of such students have utilised their knowledge so gained by being subsequently employed in schools where foreign languages are taught.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION (Mr. McKENNA,) Monmouthshire, N.During the last ten years seventy-one men and 204 women have been granted a third year of training abroad. Of these thirty-three men and 179 women proceeded to France, and twenty-nine men and two women to Germany. The remaining thirty-two students applied during the current year, 702 and the Board have not yet been informed in which country the training will be taken. The Board have no information as to the second part of my hon. friend's Question.