SECONDARY SCHOOL FEES.

HC Deb 10 March 1919 vol 113 cc891-2

110. Captain LOSEBY

asked the President of the Board of Education what the approximate cost to the nation would be of abolishing fees in secondary schools?

Mr. FISHER

It is estimated that the cost of abolishing tuition fees in State-aided secondary schools in England and Wales would, on the basis of the present number of scholars, be, approximately, £1,400,000 per annum.