§ 28. Mr. STAMFORDasked the President of the Board of Education whether the local authorities have now completed the revision of their education estimates; if he will state the amount of reduction shown in the revised estimates submitted; and the main services on which the reductions have been effected?
§ 36 and 37. Mr. COVEasked the President of the Board of Education (1) if he can now publish, under their appropriate items, the nature and amounts of savings proposed by local education authorities in their revised estimates for 1926–27;
(2) if he is now in a position to state the total reduction effected by the local education authorities in their revised estimates requested under Memorandum 44?
§ Lord E. PERCYAs the reply consists largely of figures, I will circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Lord E. PERCYI think the hon. Member had better wait and see all the figures.
§ Lord E. PERCYIt is not.
§ Following is the reply:
§ Revised estimates have been received from all but two authorities. In the case of these two the unrevised figures have been used for the purposes of the following table, which indicates the result of the revision and which shows, also, for 1599 purposes of comparison, the pre-audit figures of the actual expenditure of
| LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY EXPENDITURE. | |||||
| A.—Elementary. | |||||
| — | Actual (pre-audit) figures of Local Education Authorities' Expenditure for 1924–25. | 1926–27. | |||
| Local Education Authorities' Forecasts. November. | Local Education Authorities' Forecasts, as on 3rd March, 1926. | ||||
| £ | £ | £ | |||
| Salaries | … | … | 41,102,000 | 42,004,000 | 41,538,000 |
| Loan Charges | … | … | 2,871,000 | 3,000,000 | 2,972,000 |
| Administration | … | … | 2,677,000 | 2,814,000 | 2,766,000 |
| Other Expenditure | … | … | 8,077,000 | 9,046,000 | 8,628,000 |
| Special Services | … | … | 2,793,000 | 3,421,000 | 3,313,000 |
| Totals | … | … | 57,520,000 | 60,285,000 | 59,217,000 |
| B.—Higher. | |||||
| Training of Teachers | … | … | 327,000 | 347,000 | 333,000 |
| Secondary Schools | … | … | 4,793,000 | 5,495,000 | 5,343,000 |
| Technical Schools, etc. | … | … | 3,116,000 | 3,539,000 | 3,445,000 |
| Loan Charges | … | … | 733,000 | 947,000 | 921,000 |
| Administration | … | … | 669,000 | 721,000 | 705,000 |
| Aid to Students | … | … | 1,624,000 | 1,869,000 | 1,781,000 |
| Other Expenditure | … | … | 213,000 | 230,000 | 235,000 |
| Totals | … | … | 11,475,000 | 13,148,000 | 12,763,000 |
| C.—Totals: Elementary and Higher. | |||||
| Totals | … | … | 68,995,000 | 73,433,000 | 71,980,000 |