§ MR. HUTTON (Yorkshire, W.R., Morley)To ask the President of the Board of Education whether he can state the number of council schools in Liverpool in which the Board of Education has sanctioned the imposition of fees under Section 4 of The Elementary Education Act, 1891, giving the name of each school, the date when the fee was sanctioned, and the reasons which satisfied the Board of Education that the charges of school fees will be for the educational benefit of the district as required by that section.
(Answered by Mr. Runciman.) When The Elementary Education Act, 1891, came into operation, the Liverpool School Board submitted a scheme under which they surrendered their right to charge fees in certain schools in which under the Act they were entitled to do so in consideration of obtaining the sanction of the Department under Section 4 of the Act to the charging of fees in certain other schools in which without that sanction such charge would not be permissible. The Department were satisfied that sufficient public elementary school accommodation without payment of fees was provided, and that, having regard to the situation and organisation of the schools in certain parts of the city, they could concur with the school board in their view that the charge of fees would be for the educational advantage of the district. Sanction has been given under Section 4 from time to time in the case of other schools in substitution for certain of the original schools which 709 have since been closed or made free. The following are the schools in which sanction under Section 4 has at one time
| Name of School. | Date of Sanction. |
| Chatsworth Street Board School | 19th December, 1891. |
| Clint Road Board School | 19th December, 1891. |
| North Corporation Board School | 19th December, 1891. |
| Steers Street Board School | 19th December, 1891. |
| Butler Street Board School | 19th December, 1891. |
| Daisy Street Board School | 19th December, 1891. |
| Roscommon Street Board School | 19th December, 1891. |
| Queen's Road Board School | 19th December, 1891. |
| Stanley Road Board School | 19th December, 1891. |
| Upper Park Street Board School | 19th December, 1891. |
| Webster Road Board School | 19th December, 1891. |
| *Brae Street Board School | 19th December, 1891. |
| Granton Road Board School | 19th December, 1891. |
| Venice Street Board School | 19th December, 1891. |
| *Granby Street Board School | 19th December, 1891. |
| *Rathbone Board School | 14th August, 1896. |
| *Sefton Park Board School | 14th August 1896. |
| Arnot Street Board School | 19th August, 1897. |
| *Anfield Road Board School | 19th August, 1897. |
| *Longmore Lane Board School | 29th July, 1898. |
| *Lawrence Road Board School | 14th October, 1900. |
| *Greenbank Road Board School | 10th November, 1900. |
| Birchfield Road Board School | 15th January, 1901. |
| Green Lane Temporary Board School | 30th April, 1901. |
| Gwladys Street Board School | 30th October, 1901. |
| *Sudley Road Council School | 12th February, 1904. |
| *Dovedale Road Council School | 10th January, 1908. |
| *Morrison Council School | 25th March, 1908. |
| *Lister Drive Council School | 5th March, 1908. |