HC Deb 10 July 1930 vol 241 c608
40. Mr. SORENSEN

asked the President of the Board of Education how many elementary school scholars were enabled to pass to secondary schools through scholarships in 1929?

Sir C. TREVELYAN

During the year ended the 31st July, 1929, 36,651 pupils from public elementary schools were admitted as free pupils to grant-earning secondary schools in England and Wales.