HC Deb 23 May 1927 vol 206 cc1662-3W
Mr. COVE

asked the President of the Board of Education the net expenditure of local education authorities on special schools, medical inspection and treatment, the provision of meals, the organisation of physical training, evening play centres, and nursery schools, respectively, in the years 1925–26 and 1926–27?

Lord E. PERCY

The particulars for 1925–26 are as follow:

£
Special schools 1,353,776
Medical inspection and treatment 1,380,445
Provision of meals 169,358
Organisation of physical training 52,152
Evening play centres 49,615
Nursery schools 13,846
Total 3,019,192

Figures for 1926–27 are not yet available.

Mr. COVE

asked the President of the Board of Education the net expenditure of local education authorities on books, stationery and apparatus in elementary schools in the years 1924–25, 1925–26 and 1926–27, respectively?

Lord E. PERCY

As I explained to the hon. Member in my reply of the 24th February last, the accounts do not show the net, but only the gross expenditure on these items, and they group stationery with books and apparatus with furniture and equipment. The gross expenditure of local authorities in 1924–25 was:

£
Books and Stationery 1,374,688
Furniture, Apparatus and Equipment 620,255
Particulars for later years are not yet available.