HC Deb 21 February 1929 vol 225 c1316W
Sir J. POWER

asked the President of the Board of Education the number of young people receiving secondary education now in publicly assisted schools and, for comparison, the number five years ago?

Lord E. PERCY

On 1st October, 1928, there were 393,181 full-time pupils in grant-aided secondary schools in England and Wales as compared with 358,531 on 1st October, 1923.