HC Deb 23 March 1925 vol 182 cc36-7
80. Colonel DAY

asked the President of the Board of Education how many necessitous children received meals in elementary schools during the years 1922, 1923, and 1924, respectively; how many meals were served; and what was the cost per meal?

The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of EDUCATION (Lord Eustace Percy)

As the reply to this question contains a number of figures, I will, with the hon. and gallant Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

The answer is as follows:

Assuming that "necessitous" cases were those in which either no payment or only part payment for the meals was made by parents, the information asked for is as follows:

England and Wales in 1922, 1923, and 1924, respectively; and the total number of trained teachers serving in these schools for the same period?

Lord E. PERCY

As the reply to this question consists largely of figures, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the information desired:

ENGLAND AND WALES.
Public Elementary Schools maintained by Local. Education Authorities.
— Average Attendance. Number of College-trained Certificated Teachers.
1921–22 … … … … … 5,180,783 82,491 (31st March).
1922–23 … … … … … 5,136,008 83,059 (31st March).
1923–24 … … … … … 5,024,417 Not yet available.

Final figures of the number of college-trained certificated teachers employed on 31st March, 1924, are not yet available, because the scrutiny of the returns is not yet complete. From such information, however, as I possess it would appear that the number of such teachers is likely to show an increase of about 2,000 over the previous year's figure.