§ Mr. G. Macdonaldasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he will state the percentage of special places in the secondary schools-in each county council area in England and Wales?
Mr. LindsayFollowing is the information:
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Local Education Authority. Percentage of Special Places held to Number of pupils on 31st March, 1938. England: Bedfordshire 33.1 Berkshire 29.8 Buckinghamshire 55.3 Cambridgeshire 40.6 Isle of Ely 43.4 Cheshire 35.4 Cornwall 34.6 Cumberland 40.8 Derbyshire 46.2 Devonshire 41.7 Dorsetshire 49.4 Durham 92.3 Essex 80.7 Gloucestershire 50.2 Hampshire— Southampton 39.7 Isle of Wight 95.4 Herefordshire 34.0 Hertfordshire 33.1 Huntingdonshire 42.0 Kent 42.6 Lancashire 43.5 Leicestershire 53.3 Lincs— Parts of Holland 40.0 Parts of Kesteven 28.4 Parts of Lindsey 45.9 Middlesex 90.2
Local Education Authority. Percentage of Special Places held to Number of pupils on 31st March, 1938. Norfolk 49.2 Northamptonshire 36.6 Soke of Peterborough 24.0 Northumberland 46.5 Nottinghamshire 43.1 Oxfordshire 50.0 Rutland 9.2 Shropshire 39.5 Somersetshire 46.2 Staffordshire 37.5 Suffolk, East 45.3 Suffolk, West 44.5 Surrey 31.6 Sussex, East 35.9 Sussex, West 35.5 Warwickshire 30.1 Westmorland 37.1 Wiltshire 86.0 Worcestershire 49.6 Yorks— East Riding 22.9 North Riding 40.8 West Riding 59.1 London 50.9 Wales: Anglesey 76.8 Brecknockshire 92.6 Caernarvonshire 66.8 Cardiganshire 77.2 Carmarthenshire 70.3 Denbighshire 70.5 Flintshire 71.4 Glamorganshire (including Rhondda U.D.) 91.4 Merionethshire 74.0 Monmouthshire 86.7 Montgomeryshire 63.9 Pembrokeshire 64.1 Radnorshire 73.7 Rhondda U.D. 88.1