§ Mr. Woodburnasked the President of the Board of Education the amounts of grants given in support of adult education for the last complete year for which statistics are available; the names of the organisations receiving such grants, the amount received in each case; and the figures for each year since 1936, respectively?
§ Mr. ButlerThe total grants paid to responsible bodies under the Adult Education regulations in the financial years 1936–37 to 1941–42 were as follow:
Financial year. £ 1936–37 … … … 84,118 1937–38 … … … 89,095 1938–39 … … … 94,975 1939–40 … … … 96,344 1940–41 … … … 85,818 1941–42 … … … 75,264 The detailed grants paid to the several bodies concerned constitute a long schedule, a copy of which I am sending the hon. Member. It should be noted that the figures given do not include the grants payable on the expenditure of local education authorities on promoting similar educational activities for adults, of which particulars are not available.