§ Mr. PERKINSasked the President of the Board of Education if he will state the number of inspectors of schools in the employment of his Board, and how many of them have been raised from the ranks of teachers in elementary schools?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANThe number of inspectors of schools of all grades is 361. So far as I can understand what the hon. Member means by "raised from the ranks of teachers in elementary schools," the number of inspectors answering to this description is 181. Of the 181 forty-two (including six women) are full inspectors, ten are junior inspectors, and 129 are sub-inspectors. These figures do not include certain inspectors who have taught for comparatively short periods in public elementary schools. Nor do they include certain inspectors who have taught in public elementary schools as part of the course for a diploma in the theory and practice of teaching.