§ 11. Mr. EDEasked the President of the Board of Education if he will give 274 a list of the Part III education authorities of England and Wales arranged in descending order of population according to the 1931 Census; showing the population of their areas according to the 1901 and 1931 Census, respectively; the number of children on the rills of the public elementary schools in their areas in 1903–1904 and in the last year for which figures are available; the percentage this last figure is of the total population according to the Census of 1931; and showing those authorities which benefited during the last year for which the information is available either by the necessitous area grant or by the deficiency grant under Section 118 of the Education Act, 1921, respectively?
§ The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of EDUCATION (Sir Donald Maclean)I am sending the hon. Member a list giving the information for which he asks.
§ Mr. EDEWill the right hon. Gentleman circulate the information, either in the OFFICIAL REPORT or as a White Paper, in view of the importance of the information for which I have asked, especially in the last two parts of my question, having regard to the recommendations of the Economy Report?
§ Sir D. MACLEANI regret that that would be hardly justfied. A list was sent to the hon. Member on the 31st July last, and the list which is now being sent to him is up to date.
§ Mr. EDEAm I to understand that this information is not to he available before we discuss the National Economy Bill to-morrow?
§ Sir D. MACLEANI am afraid that that is so.
§ 12. Mr. EDEasked the President of the Board of Education if he will give a list of the authorities who at present benefit by the 50 per cent. minimum limit of grant for elementary education, showing the amount received for the last available year to bring the formula grant lip to 50 per cent. and the equivalent rate in the that would make good the margin between the formula grant and 50 per cent. if the whole of the alterations in paragraph 519 of the May Committee's Report were carried into effect?
§ Sir D. MACLEANI will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT a list giving the answers to the first two parts of the question. As regards the third part of the question, I do not think it would be justifiable to undertake the great amount of labour which would be involved in making calculations on a basis other than that which the Government propose to recommend the House to adopt.
§ Mr. EDEAre we to understand, then, that the May Committee arrived at their recommendations without making any calculations as to what was the amount of money required; and will the right hon. Gentleman ask the May Committee, or its Secretary, if they will give him the information, which obviously should have been within their knowledge?
§ Sir D. MACLEANAll these matters will rise in the course of the Economy Debate.
§ Following is the list:
§ Amount by which the formula grant for Elementary Education is estimated to be increased in order to bring the total grant up to 50 per cent, of the L.E.A.'s expenditure for 1930–31.
| L.E.A. | Amount. | ||
| Counties: | £ | ||
| London | … | … | 822,262 |
| Herts | … | … | 9,067 |
| Middlesex | … | … | 52,748 |
| Surrey | … | … | 86,064 |
| Sussex East | … | … | 705 |
| Sussex West | … | … | 452 |
| County Boroughs: | |||
| Bath | … | … | 2,090 |
| Blackpool | … | … | 22,381 |
| Bournemouth | … | … | 27,163 |
| Bradford | … | … | 11,627 |
| Brighton | … | … | 20,457 |
| Croydon | … | … | 12,710 |
| Doncaster | … | … | 985 |
| Eastbourne | … | … | 14,396 |
| Exeter | … | … | 2,023 |
| Halifax | … | … | 598 |
| Hastings | … | … | 6,228 |
| Leicester | … | … | 1,825 |
| Manchester | … | … | 13,880 |
| L.E.A. | Amount. |
| County Boroughs: | £ |
| Oxford | 6,427 |
| Southend-on-Sea | 16,541 |
| Southport | 11,732 |
| Wallasey | 5,606 |
| Boroughs: | |
| Acton | 7,744 |
| Aldershot | 673 |
| Bedford | 1,379 |
| Bexhill | 5,329 |
| Bridlington | 1,465 |
| Bromley | 5,392 |
| Buxton | 1,292 |
| Cambridge | 4,993 |
| Chelmsford | 921 |
| Cheltenham | 642 |
| Ealing | 15,025 |
| Folkestone | 2,696 |
| Gravesend | 970 |
| Guildford | 3,430 |
| Harrogate | 8,337 |
| Hornsey | 16,342 |
| Hove | 15,863 |
| Ilford | 7,496 |
| Kingston-on-Thames | 4,238 |
| Lytham St. Annes | 4,904 |
| Maidenhead | 110 |
| Maidstone | 1,503 |
| Margate | 6,265 |
| Morecambe | 2,250 |
| Poole | 1,151 |
| Reigate | 3,302 |
| Richmond | 8,813 |
| Royal Leamington Spa | 2,165 |
| Scarborough | 2,928 |
| Sutton Coldfield | 3,137 |
| Taunton | 161 |
| Torquay | 7,453 |
| Tunbridge Wells | 4,961 |
| Twickenham | 1,963 |
| Weymouth | 505 |
| Wimbledon | 10,742 |
| Winchester | 1,999 |
| Worthing | 7,048 |
| Urban Districts: | |
| Barking Town | 1,531 |
| Beckenham | 9,115 |
| Brentford and Chiswick | 5,274 |
| Finchley | 11,781 |
| Hendon | 21,547 |
| Heston and Isle worth | 1,994 |
| Penge | 1,187 |
| Stretford | 3,508 |
| Willesden | 3,924 |
| Wood Green | 2,820 |