§ Sir W. Jenkinsasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education what was the number of black-listed schools in Wales, provided and non-provided, sepa-
Number of provided and non-provided public elementary schools in Wales on the Black List in the years 1930, 1935 and 1937. Local Education Authorities. 31st December, 1930. 31st December, 1935. 31st December, 1937. Provided. Non-provided. Provided. Non-provided. Provided. Non-provided. Anglesey … … 2 — — — — — Brecknockshire … … 3 3 2 2 2 2 Caernarvonshire … … — 8 — 3 — 3 Cardiganshire … … 5 8 5 7 5 7 Carmarthenshire … … 5 7 5 6 5 5 Carmarthen … … 1 — 1 — 1 — Llanelly … … 2 — 2 — 2 — — 8 — 7 — 8 — 6 — 8 — 5 Denbighshire … … 2 7 2 6 2 6 Flintshire … … 3 8 3 5 3 5 Glamorgan … … 9 1 6 1 6 1 Neath … … 4 1 4 1 4 1 Aberdare … … 2 3 2 — 2 — Pontypridd … … — 1 — 1 — 1 Rhondda … … 7 — 7 — 5 — Cardiff … … — 3 — 1 — 1 Merthyr Tydfil … … 1 — 1 — — — Swansea … … 14 3 9 1 9 1 — 37 — 12 — 29 — 5 — 26 — 5 Merionethshire … … 1 — — — — — Monmouthshire … … 18 14 16 10 15 9 Abertillery … … 5 1 4 1 4 1 Ebbw Vale … … 4 1 4 1 4 1 Newport … … 1 1 — 1 — — — 28 — 17 — 24 — 13 — 23 — 11 Montgomeryshire … … — 2 — 1 — 1 Pembrokeshire … … 5 16 4 14 3 13 Radnorshire … … — 2 — 2 — 2 Totals … … 94 90 77 64 72 60 NOTES. (a) In the case of 14 Provided Schools and 1 Non-provided School plans have been approved for improvements which will—on completion of the work—enable the Schools to be removed from the List. (b) In some cases the most urgently needed improvements have been carried out, but the schools have been retained on the List until the outstanding defects have been remedied. (c) In many cases conditions have been improved considerably by substantial decreases in the number of children in attendance.