HC Deb 14 December 1922 vol 159 c3131
35. Mr. T. THOMSON

asked the President of the Board of Education the total number of elementary and secondary

1. Accommodation in Public Elementary Schools, Special Schools, and Certified Efficient Schools in England and Wales.
— 1911. 1914. 1921.
Public Elementary Schools … 6,820,837 7,017,408 7,093,300
Special Schools … 24,407 28,511 38,344
Certified Efficient Schools … 8,165 7,173 5,164
Total … 6,853,409 7,053,092 7,136,808
2. Number of pupils* in Grant-aided Secondary Schools in England and Wales.
1911 … … … … 166,831
1914 … … … … 198,884
1921 … … … … 364,244
*Note.—There is no figure of "accommodation" for secondary schools comparable with that for elementary schools.

3. The population in England and Wales between the age of 5 and 16 according to the 1911 Census returns was 7,866,455. For the year 1914 the Registrar-General estimated the population between 5 and 15 at 7,377,574 [Cmd. 8206 of 1914, p. 4]. The detailed Census returns for 1921 are not yet complete.