§ MR. CLANCY (Dublin County, N.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether, so far back as 1st February, 1907, representations from or on behalf of labourers in the Celbridge, No. 2, Rural District for cottages and plots, under The Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1906, were forwarded to the local authority, and the Local Government Board has never since appointed an inspector to inquire into the subject of those requisitions; and, if so, what is the cause of the delay on the part of the Local Government Board; and when does that body propose to hold the inquiry.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The Local Government Board have not yet received
| (Answered by Mr. Runciman.) Summary of Schools in Single School Parishes in Rural Areas [Cd. 3990]. The figures in the annexed table are a summary of those contained in the List [Cd. 3990] of Public Elementary Schools in Single School Parishes, as defined in section 3(6) of The Elementary Education (England and Wales) Bill, 1908. The table distinguishes between voluntary schools and council schools, and shows in each case the number of schools, their accommodation, and the average attendance for the year ended the 31st July, 1907. | |||||||||
| Church of England expressed or implied. | Church of England by usage. | Total Church of England. | |||||||
| Schools or Departments. | Schools or Departments. | Accommodation. | Average Attendance. | Schools or Departments. | Accommodation. | Average Attendance. | Schools or Departments. | Accommodation. | Average Attendance. |
| I. Voluntary Schools as classified in H. C. Return 178, 1906: | |||||||||
| Placed wholly in Class A | 3,221 | 438,200 | 282,286 | 279 | 34,346 | 21,672 | 3,500 | 472,546 | 303,958 |
| Placed wholly in Class B 1 | 110 | 14,637 | 8,824 | 13 | 1,505 | 932 | 123 | 16,142 | 9,756 |
| Placed wholly in Class B 2 | 30 | 3,938 | 2,421 | 6 | 644 | 449 | 36 | 4,582 | 2,870 |
| Placed wholly in Class C | 58 | 7,260 | 4,783 | 14 | 1,747 | 930 | 72 | 9,007 | 5,713 |
| Placed wholly in Class D 1 | — | — | — | 29 | 2,969 | 1,842 | 29 | 2,969 | 1,842 |
| Placed wholly in Class D 2 | — | — | — | 236 | 24,697 | 15,128 | 236 | 24,697 | 15,128 |
| Placed wholly in Class E | 1,413 | 149,855 | 83,383 | 129 | 14,403 | 7,776 | 1,542 | 164,258 | 91,159 |
| II. Schools or departments which from various reasons are assignable to more than one of the five Classes A to E. | 78 | 12,522 | 8,266 | 19 | 2,248 | 1,239 | 97 | 14,770 | 9,505 |
| Totals of I. and II. | 4,910 | 626,412 | 389,963 | 725 | 82,559 | 49,968 | 5,635 | 708,971 | 439,931 |
| III. Voluntary schools not included in the 1906 Return. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| IV. Council Schools | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grand Totals | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
§ from the rural district council an improvement scheme in pursuance of the representations referred to in the Question. The delay in the matter therefore rests entirely with the Council and not with the Local Government Board.