IMPERIAL INSTITUIE (SCHOOL CHILDREN).

HC Deb 07 April 1930 vol 237 cc1760-1

28. Captain CAZALET

asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department how many different schools visited the Imperial Institute, and be total number of school children who came in those groups, during the last three years calculated to the most recent convenient date?

Mr. GILLETT

The numbers of school classes and children attending were as follow:

			Classes.	Children.
1927	…	…	2,118	52,950
1928	…	…	3,208	80,200
1929	…	…	3,060	76,500

Of these numbers, approximately 84 per cent. were from elementary schools, 13 per cent. from secondary schools, and the balance from geographical societies, technical institutions, etc.