§ 33. Mr. Sorensenasked the Minister of Education how many boys from State schools during the current year have been enabled to enter public schools by means of financial aid from public funds under his control.
§ Mr. Geoffrey LloydIn March, 1958, local education authorities were paying the full fees for some 7,800 boys at independent schools and were assisting with the fees of about 7.000 others. I cannot however say how many of these boys were attending schools represented on the Head Masters' Conference.
§ Mr. SorensenWould it be possible for the Minister to get that information, because it is important to discriminate between those who are in the public schools of the Headmasters' Conference and those who are not? Secondly, could he say now what proportion or percentage of the total number of pupils in our public schools are drawn from State schools?