§ Mr. CARLILEasked whether, in the event of the Hertfordshire branch of the Navy League undertaking to maintain a training ship for boys of good character from the age of 13 to 17, with a view of their qualifying in nautical, mechanical, and electrical training, the Board of Education would be prepared to make capitation grants; and, if so, of what amount?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of EDUCATION (Mr. Trevelyan)The Board regard training ships conducted under proper financial and educational conditions as suitable for aid under the regulations for technical schools and other forms of provision for further education, but the amounts of grant to be paid and the precise conditions under which recognition should in future be given, especially in the case of ships provided by bodies other than local education authorities, and having objects other than educational, are now under reconsideration.