64. Mr. JOHN WILSONasked the hon. Member for the Stroud Division as representing the Charity Commissioners, whether he is aware that the Dobinson Charity, Willington, Durham, was originally left to the poor, without respect to creed or denomination; whether he is aware that the income is now being used solely for the benefit of the scholars who attend the Church of England schools to the absolute exclusion from such benefit of children attending any other elementary school in the ancient parish of Brancepeth; and, having regard to the intentions of the donor to provide education for children of all denominations, whether he will consider the advisability of placing the charity under the jurisdiction of the Charity Commissioners?
§ Mr. C. P. ALLENAs already stated by me, in answer to a question by the hon. Member on 17th April last, the Dobinson Charity was given for the benefit of the poor, and was, by a scheme of the Durham County Court of 23rd March, 1857, made wholly applicable to educational purposes. It is therefore under the jurisdiction of the Board of Education, and not of the Charity Commissioners. Any questions about it should therefore be addressed to the President of the Board of Education.