Mr. E. HARVEYasked the President of the Board of Education whether he can give particulars of the amount of additional school accommodation which would be required in England and Wales in the event of the school-leaving age being raised to 15 years?
§ Mr. TREVELYANI am afraid that any estimate would be extremely hypothetical, and have little practical value unless it were based on a detailed survey of the school accommodation already available in each area, and of the extent to which the surplus accommodation, which is very unevenly distributed, could provide places for additional children between 14 and 15.