HC Deb 11 June 1913 vol 53 c1628W
Mr. KING

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the total amount paid from the Home Office Votes for educational purposes in this country, indicating, in addition to the total amount, the sums paid in respect, of reformatory and industrial schools, prison education, and all other educational purposes?

Mr. McKENNA

The total sum paid towards the cost of Reformatory and Industrial Schools in England and Wales in 1912–13 was £220,826. It is not possible to say how much of this sum was for maintenance, and how much for education. The pay and allowances of the officers employed in prisons and Borstal institutions in teaching prisoners, including trade instructors, amount to £14,500 a year.