§ Mr. COVEasked 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. PERCYThe 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. COVEasked 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. PERCYAs 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 1663W with books and apparatus with furniture and equipment. The gross expenditure of local authorities in 1924–25 was:
Particulars for later years are not yet available.
£ Books and Stationery 1,374,688 Furniture, Apparatus and Equipment 620,255