§ Mr. R. RICHARDSONasked the President of the Board of Education the average cost of the elementary education of one child per annum in the infants' department and in Standard 7, respectively?
Mr. LEWISThe material at my disposal does not enable me to separate the expenditure upon infants' departments or upon particular classes or groups of classes in public elementary schools. As stated in the answer to the hon. Member for West Leyton (Mr. Newbould) on the 21st April, the estimated average cost per scholar in public elementary schools in England and Wales in 1920–21 is £11 5s.
§ Mr. R. RICHARDSONasked the President of the Board of Education what is the average number of pupils in a class in elementary schools throughout Great Britain?
Mr. LEWISThe only figure I can give is that obtained by dividing the total average attendance of pupils in public elementary schools in England and Wales during the year ended 31st March, 1920, by the number of teachers on the staffs of those schools on that date. This calculation gives an average of 32 units of average attendance per teacher.