HC Deb 17 March 1925 vol 181 cc2088-9W
Mr. GROVES

asked the President of the Board of Education the number of children under the age of six years who are in attendance at public elementary schools?

Lord E. PERCY

The number of children aged under six years on the registers of public elementary schools in England and Wales on 31st March, 1924, was 644,205. I am unable to give a corresponding figure of average attendance for such children.