§ 21. Mr. SHORTasked the President of the Board of Education what was the total expenditure by the Wednesbury Education Committee upon elementary and secondary education, respectively, during 1926, or for the latest available period?
§ The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of EDUCATION (Lord Eustace Percy)In 1925–26 the net expenditure of the Wednesbury Authority on elementary education was £41,578, and on higher education, £392. This authority is not a local authority for the purposes of higher education.
§ 22. Mr. SHORTasked the President of the Board of Education what was the number of elementary schools in Wednesbury; the date when the most recently built school was opened; and the total number of school children then attending such schools?
§ Lord E. PERCYThere are 10 public elementary schools in Wednesbury, the most recently built of which was opened on the 1st April, 1912, and the number 538 of pupils on the registers in January of that year was 5,195. Plans for a new school for 250 infants, to replace existing unsatisfactory accommodation, were approved by my Department in January of last year.
§ 23. Mr. SH0RTasked the President of the Board of Education whether, in the case of the Wednesbury Boys' High School, he will state the number of scholars now in attendance, the number of free places occupied, the number of fee payers, and the local areas catered for?
§ Lord E. PERCYThe number of pupils on the 1st October, 1926, was 129, of whom 66 were free pupils and 63 fee-payers. The pupils are drawn from the following areas: Wednesbury, Willenhall, Bilston, Walsall, Tipton, Darlaston and Coseley.