§ MR. CLOUGHI beg to ask the President of the Board of Education how many secondary schools and training colleges there are in Hertfordshire; how many of them impose sectarian tests upon their teachers or students; and whether the sectarian secondary schools and training colleges are subsidised out of the rate that is levied for higher education.
§ MR. MCKENNAThere are twelve secondary schools in Hertfordshire receiving grants from the Board, eleven of which are aided by the local education authority. In none of them are sectarian tests imposed on teachers or students. Seven other secondary schools, not on the Grant List, are known to the Board, but I have no complete information as to whether sectarian tests are imposed or rate-aid is given. There is one training college, imposing sectarian tests on teachers and students, which is not aided by the local authority.