HC Deb 03 April 1930 vol 237 c1443
41. Mr. DAY

asked the President of the Board of Education the number of classes at present at the elementary schools containing over 60 pupils?

The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of EDUCATION (Sir Charles Trevelyan)

There were 85 classes containing over 60 pupils on the 31st March, 1929, the latest date for which figures are available. My hon. Friend will realise that these figures relate to a particular day of the year on which, owing to the temporary absence of a teacher or other special causes, the conditions may, for the moment, be abnormal. In only two areas were there more than four such classes and in both of these a special problem exists owing to the rapid development of housing estates.

Mr. DAY

Can my hon. Friend say what the normal position is?

Mr. SANDHAM

Were these pupils all drawn from members of the working classes?