§ MR. BOLAND (Kerry, S.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Education whether he can state what Government grants, including those now due, have been earned by the St. Joseph's Roman Catholic School, Swansea, since the appointed day in September, 1904; and what amount has actually been expended by the local education authority out of these Government grants on St. Joseph's School.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION (Mr. MCKENNA, Monmouthshire, N.)The grants paid to the local education authority for Swansea in respect of children attending the St. Joseph's Roman Catholic School 816 since the Appointed Day amount to £4,024 1s. 0d. Some of the grants in respect of the year ending 31st December, 1907, are still outstanding, but as the form of claim has has not yet been received the amount cannot be stated. The grants paid are not ear-marked as sums to be spent on the particular schools in respect of which they are paid and the expenditure upon each individual school is not separated in the accounts of most local authorities. I have no information, therefore, as to the sums actually expended by the local authority on St. Joseph's School.
§ MR. BOLANDCan the right hon. Gentleman say whether a single penny of this money has been actually expended?
§ MR. McKENNAIt must have been or the school could not have been maintained all. Still I have no information as to the actual expenditure.
§ MR. BOLANDI beg to ask the President of the Board of Education whether he can state what extra expense, if any, has been incurred by the Swansea Education Authority in consequence of its having taken over the management of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic School.
§ MR. McKENNAI am not sure what meaning the hon. Member attaches to the expression "having taken over the management of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic School," but if he refers only to the obligation of maintenance under the Act of 1902, I must refer him to my Answer to his previous Question.