§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINI beg to ask the President of the Board of Education what would have been the total sum payable to the Association of Roman Catholic Schools in the last year for which figures are available if the present Education Bill had then been in force and if all Catholic schools in England and Wales had joined such an association; and what sum per child in average attendance this total represents.
§ THE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION (Mr. TREVELYAN,) Yorkshire, W.R., EllandExcluding schools which would not be eligible to contract out under Clause 3 of the Bill, the total sum payable would be, approximately, £705,000, representing an average of about 49s. 7d. per child in average attendance.