HC Deb 13 November 1930 vol 244 cc1865-6W
Mr. EDE

asked the President of the Board of Education the names of the 58 education authorities whose programmes for 1930–33 have not yet received the Boards approval, with the number of children on the roll of the elementary and secondary schools, respectively, under the authority's jurisdiction, distinguishing between those authorities whose programmes are under consideration and those whose programmes have not been received?

Sir C. TREVELYAN

Since I gave the figure of 58 local education authorities, one programme has been approved and one has been received. There are 23 authorities whose programmes have been received and are under consideration:

Name of Authority. Number of Pupils.
Elementary. Secondary.
Chepping Wycombe 3,207
Falmouth 1,603
Buxton 1,624
South Shields 21,206 744
West Hartlepool 11,81 L 778
Chelmsford 3,172
Harwich 1,979
Huntingdonshire 7,963 808
Rochester 4,287
Middleton* 3,551
Mossley, 1,649
Lincs. (Kesteven)† 15,202 1,525
Peterborough (Boro') 5,712
Bury St Edmunds 2.006
Gnildford 3.254
Bexhill 1,498
Kendal 1,905
Pudsey 1,730
Sheffield† 76.325 4;297
Wakefield 8,451 1,478
Anglesey 7,312 773
Rhondda 29,824 2,103
Monmouthshire 51,933 3,944
Abertillery 6,284
Montgomeryshire 7,142 740
Total 280,839 17,190
* This Authority provides a secondary school containing 258 pupils.
† Programme approved in respect of higher education.

The 32 authorities whose programmes have not yet been received are:

Name of Authority: Number of Pupils.
Elementary. Secondary.
Maidenhead 1,937
Isle of Ely 10,990 840
Penzance 1,283
Hereford (Boro') 3,069
Deal 1,640
Ramsgate 4,595
Burnley 12,840 710
Oldham 18,436 1,174
Lincolnshire (Holland) 11,448 1,071
Hornsey 7,238
Northamptonshire 25,379 1,755*
Soke of Peterborough 1,135 868
Nottinghamshire† 54.510 2,697
Shrewsbury 4.357
Smethwick 12,605 356
Wolverhampton 20,131 1,614‡
Lowestoft 6,823
Reigate 2,861
Wimbledon 5,195
Worcestershire 33,1133 2,727
Ossett§ 2,164
Cardiganshire 7.139 1,073
Carmarthenshire 22,309 2,536
Denbighshire 20,590 2,138
Wrexham 2,619
Flintshire 17,504 1,432
Barry 6,910
Merthyr Tydfil 13,795 1,231
Merionethshire 6,009 1,165
Ebbw Vale 6,421
Pembrokeshire 11,303 1,358
Radnorshire 2,951 259
Total 359,825 25,004
* Includes 505 pupils in a school provided jointly with the Northampton County Borough Council.
† Programme in respect of higher education received and approved.
‡ Includes 434 pupils in a school provided jointly with the Staffs. County Council.
§ This authority provides a secondary school containing 324 pupils.

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