§ 73. Mr. C. BATHURSTasked the President of the Board of Education what has proved to be the total cost to the local education authorities and to the rates of carrying out the provisions of Circular 709, subsequently embodied in the Code for 1909, relating to the staffing of public elementary schools in England and Wales?
§ The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of EDUCATION (Mr. J. A. Pease)The local education authorities' returns do not enable me to say how far any increase in the cost of staffing public elementary schools is due to the requirements embodied in the Code for 1909, or to other causes, such as the increase of school population in the area or yearly increments in salary awarded to teachers.
§ Mr. C. BATHURSTIs it not possible to give a Return showing the cost of the staffing involved by this circular?
§ Mr. PEASEIt is quite impossible, because the accounts include various items and it is impossible to get from the local authorities detailed information which would be at all reliable from a statistical standpoint.