HC Deb 03 March 1938 vol 332 c1276
50. Mr. Jenkins

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether the Board will authorise expenditure by local education authorities for the purchase of children's footwear in needy cases; and, if so, whether the expenditure will rank for grant?

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education (Mr. Kenneth Lindsay)

Under the existing law, the Board have no power to authorise expenditure by local education authorities on the purchase of footwear for necessitous schoolchildren, or to pay grant in respect of such expenditure.

Sir P. Harris

Does the Board pay grant for gymnasium shoes for physical exercises and training?

Mr. Lindsay

I think so.