MR. HAY MORGAN (Cornwall, Truro)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Education whether, in view of the fact that after 31st July, 1909, the Board will require a certain proportion of the staff in all public elementary schools to be trained certificated teachers, he can inform the House what is being done by the Board of Education and by the local education authorities to increase the present inadequate training college accommodation.
§ MR. LOUGHSubject to compliance with the regulations, building grants are now made by the Board to local education authorities to an amount not exceeding 75 per cent. in respect of all capital expenditure incurred by them for the provision of sites and buildings for training colleges, whether day or residential. Grants to the amount of £3 per place provided or 75 per cent. of the rent, whichever is the less, are also made in aid of renting temporary premises, whore the Board are satisfied that it is inexpedient or impracticable at once to provide permanent premises. As the regulations under which these higher grants are payable were not issued until June of last year, there has been scarcely time for local authorities to take full advantage of them, but several applications are now under my consideration, 1094 and I have reason to believe that others which are now under discussion by various authorities will shortly mature.