§ 28. Mrs. Whiteasked the Minister of Education if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the figures for local education authorities in Wales, normally 1522 included in the selected statistics published by his Department, to the latest possible date.
§ Sir D. EcclesThe figures for which the hon. Lady asks are now with the printers and will be published in about two weeks. I will send the hon. Lady a copy as soon as I possibly can.
§ Mrs. WhiteIs the Minister aware that at present the only figures one can obtain for individual education authorities are those to 1st January, 1959? I believe that the figures he has just referred to will be only to 1st January, 1960, in other words, still more than two years out of date. Can he not do something to speed up the statistical division of his Department?
§ Sir D. EcclesI regret the delay, but in this case it is due to turning over to a new system of statistics. Therefore, I hope that it will not happen again.
§ Mrs. WhiteHow quickly shall we be able to obtain these statistics in future? Will they always be more than one year behind time?
§ Sir D. EcclesWe shall do better than we have done in the past. That is the object of the reorganisation.