HC Deb 21 July 1927 vol 209 c549
20 Mr. ROBERT RICHARDSON

asked the President of the Board of Education, (1) how many authorities have been required to reduce their estimates as a result of Circular 1,388; and what is the total amount of such reductions under each of the following headings, namely: administration and other expenditure (elementary), secondary education and aid to students, and administration (higher education);

(2) if he will state the names of the six authorities whose reductions have been greatest in proportion to their estimates; and what is the amount of the reduction in each case under the three headings, and

(3) what are the names of the authorities which have been required to give up or postpone a proposal to establish a special school?

Lord E. PERCY

The Board have intimated to nine authorities that they are not yet satisfied that they would be justified in recognising for grant so large an expenditure as was proposed by the authority under the heading "Administration and Other Expenditure (Elementary)," and they have given a similar intimation to two authorities in regard to the heading "Administration (Higher Education)." The amount of the reductions considered necessary has not been specified. As regards special schools, no authorities have, since the issue of Circular 1388, been required to abandon proposals, but the authorities for Guildford, Hove, Lincoln, and West Ham have been requested to postpone for the present proposals to make such provision during the current year.