§ 100. Mr. LIVINGSTONEasked the President of the Board of Education how 1961 many schools are without provision for practical instruction for boys and girls?
§ The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of EDUCATION (Lord Eustace Percy)I assume that the hon. Member refers to practical instruction in handicraft, gardening, dairywork and domestic subjects, such as is normally given to older boys and girls in public elementary schools. In the returns for the year raided 31st March, 1924 (the latest year for which figures have yet been tabulated), out of 22,609 departments containing older children, 5,964 did not show any children receiving practical instruction and 4,089 mixed departments showed provision for one sex only.