§ Sir WILLIAM COLLINSasked the President of the Board of Education whether an application has been made by the London County Council for the recognition of attendances at hospitals of school children for medical treatment as attendances at school for grant purposes in the same way as recognition is given in respect of their withdrawal for purposes of medical inspection; and whether he proposes to obviate the loss of Grant, which would otherwise be incurred in carrying out the provisions of the Education (Administrative Provisions) Act, 1907, by including in the Code for 1910–11 a provision for such recognition in respect of medical treatment similar to that made under Article 44 (h) in respect of medical inspection?
§ The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of EDUCATION (Mr. Runciman)The answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. As regards the second part of the question, I am not prepared to extend the scope of Article 44 (h) of the Code, as suggested. I am not satisfied that a case has been made out for such an extension of the scope of the Article, and I am unwilling to add to the complication of our present system of Grants.