HC Deb 10 December 1925 vol 189 cc690-1W
Mr. RUNCIMAN

asked the President the number of children under five years of age on the registers of elementary schools in England and Wales on the 31st March, 1923, 1924, and 1925, respectively?

Lord E. PERCY

The numbers are as follow:

31st March, 1923 165,684
31st March, 1924 211,348
31st March,1925 221,797*
*Approximately.