§ Mr. Sorensenasked the President of the Board of Education whether the position with regard to compulsory school attendance and full-time instruction had improved or otherwise on 15th July as compared with 15th April; and when he will be in a position to give figures comparable with the relative figures on the latter date?
§ Mr. RamsbothamI have no figures for July comparable with those which were obtained for earlier months, and in present circumstances I do not think it would be practicable to ask for them. Having regard to the recent evacuation of schoolchildren from a number of areas I think it probable that on 15th July there were fewer children under full-time instruction than on 15th April.