§ Mr. P. OLIVERasked the President of the Board of Education what local education authorities grant maintenance allowances, supplementary to free places in secondary schools, at a flat rate only without taking into account differences in the family income?
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§ Mr. LEES-SMITHAll maintenance allowances provided by local education authorities under Section 71 (c) of the Education Act, 1921, are awarded only to pupils who are ascertained to be in need of assistance. According to the information at the Board's disposal, the following authorities, after satisfying themselves that this condition is fulfilled, grant maintenance allowances supplementary to free places in secondary schools at one flat rate only and not at rates varying in accordance with differences in the family income:
Cambridgeshire.* Middlesex. Barrow-in-Furness. Reading. Derby. Rochdale. Dewsbury. Tynemouth. Grimsby. Walsall. Huddersfield. Warrington. Kingston-upon-Hull. West Bromwich. Oldham. West Hartlepool. Portsmouth. Wigan. * Applies only to pupils taking advanced courses, that is, normally between the ages of 16 and 18.