§ Sir J. Mellorasked the President of the Board of Education the public elementary school population and the number of children of comparable age attending other schools on 31st March, 1939, for the borough of Sutton Coldfield.
§ Mr. ButlerThe total number of pupils on the rolls of the public elementary
60Wthese councils have never exercised Part III education powers and which, having the right to exercise such powers, relinquished them.
§ Mr. ButlerFollowing is the information:
schools in the area of the Sutton Coldfield local education authority on 31st March, 1939, was 3,077. I am unable to give the number of children of comparable age attending other schools, but on 1st October, 1939, the total number of pupils attending grant-earning secondary schools situated in the area was 794.
§ Sir J. Mellorasked the President of the Board of Education the public ele- 61W mentary school population and the number of children of comparable age attending other schools on 31st March, 1939, for the urban district of Solihull.
§ Mr. ButlerThe total number of pupils on the rolls of the public elementary schools in the urban district of Solihull on 31st March, 1939, was 3,864. The number of children of comparable age attending other schools is not available, but on 1st October, 1939, the total number of pupils attending grant-earning secondary schools situated in the area was 891.