§ MR. CROOKSI beg to ask the Secretary to the Board of Education whether he can inform the House how many women teachers are teachers who hold certificates, and how many teachers who do not hold certificates, and the present number of women teachers holding certificates in England who are out of 677 employment; and whether schools could be found for them if the classes were brought down to reasonable proportions of say forty.
§ THE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION (Mr. TREVELYAN, Yorkshire, W.R., Elland)On the last day of the school year 1906–07, there were 58,845 women certificated teachers employed in public elementary schools, and 57,276 women teachers who were not certificated. I have no statistics as to the number who are out of employment.