62. Sir N. CRATTAN-DOYLEasked the President of the Board of Education what proportion of students at present receiving instruction in secondary schools and universities, assisted by grants from his Department, are former elementary school pupil; now holders of free places or in receipt of grants, bursaries, or scholarships?
§ Sir C. TREVELYANOn the 31st March, 1928, 40.9 per cent. of the full-time pupils in grant-aided secondary schools were free pupils who had attended public elementary schools for at least two years immediately preceding their admission to secondary schools. I have no precise figures as to the number of ex-elementary pupils at universities, but during the years 1924–1928, out of an annual average number of 3,434 pupils proceeding direct from grant-earning secondary schools to universities, 2,150 were ex-elementary school pupils.