§ 7. Mr. H. WILLIAMSasked the President of the Board of Education the average cost of education per child in average attendance at the public elementary schools in England and Wales during the years ended 31st March, 1925 and 1926, and the estimated cost for the year which will end on 31st March, 1927.
§ Lord E. PERCYThe average cost for 1924–25 was £11 13s. 3d. An answer to the question as regards the current year would involve certain assumptions as to average attendance and might be misleading, but I am about to publish figures showing the Local Education Authorities' estimates of cost for 1925–26 and forecasts of cost for 1926–27, and I will send my hon. Friend a copy of the Paper containing these figures as soon as it is printed.