§ Captain GEEasked the President of the Board of Education the amounts granted to local education authorities for the years 1918–19, 1919–20, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, and 1925–26, respectively, and the proportion of these grants used for elementary school and secondary schools, respectively?
§ Lord E. PERCYThe amounts are as follow:
— Elementary Education. Higher Education. Total. £ £ £ 1919–20 26,089,000 12,894,000 28,983,000 1920–21 32,352,000 4,561,000 36,913,000 1921–22 33,370,000 5,401,000 38,771,000 1922–23 32,568,000 4,878,000 37,446,000 1923–24 31,831,000 4,537,000 36,368,000 1924–25 31,865,000 4,860,000 36,725,000 1925–26 32,124,000 4,740,000 36,864,000 The figures here given are those of the grants payable for the years named so far 2558W as yet ascertained. For 1924–25 the figures will be subject to adjustment when the audited accounts are received; and the amounts of grants for some of the previous years have not yet been finally adjusted.
Comparable figures for 1918–19 are not available, as the grants were then payable on a different basis.
For 1925–26 the figures are those which formed the basis of the Board's Estimates; see pages 13 and 15 of the Board's Estimates Memorandum (Cmd. 2386).