HC Deb 23 July 1907 vol 178 c1361
MR. PIKE PEASE

I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board if he can state the number of children in the Poor Law schools of England and Wales, and the number boarded-out within and without their respective unions on the 1st January, 1907.

MR. JOHN BURNS

As I stated in reply to Questions put to me on the 15th and 16th April last, the number of children in district and separate schools on the 1st January, 1907, was 11,809, and in cottage, scattered, and other homes, 15,889. On the same day 6,806 children were boarded-out within the union, and 1,853 beyond the union.