HC Deb 06 August 1925 vol 187 c1525
11. Mr. GROVES

asked the President of the Board of Education the number of occasions in the past 12 months that his Department has found it necessary to call attention to the understaffing of public elementary schools; and whether any such representation has had the desired effect?

The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of EDUCATION (Duchess of Atholl)

In 10 areas during the last 12 months the Board have found occasion to call the attention of the local authority to questions of understaffing, applying to a number of schools or to the area generally. I have no reason to suppose that in any case the Board's representations have been without effect.