Miss Rathboneasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education in how many of the neutral areas full-time 1308W education is now provided for all children of school age, and where this has not been done, for what proportion of the children is it provided?
Mr. LindsayOf the local education authorities for elementary education in neutral areas, 43 were providing, at the beginning of January, full-time education for all children of school age, and the remaining 57 authorities were in the aggregate providing such education for 62 per cent. of the children. Of the local education authorities for higher education, 37 were providing full-time education for all secondary school pupils in their areas and the remaining seven authorities were providing in the aggregate full-time education for 71 per cent. of the pupils.