§ Mr. O'DONNELLasked the income of the Welsh Intermediate Board for the year 1910; and the grants from the Exchequer, from the rates, and from the local taxation account?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANThe income of the Central Welsh Board for the year ended 31st March, 1910, is understood to have amounted to £8,524 17s. 7d., which sum included a grant from the Treasury of £1,200. The Central Welsh Board receive no income directly from the rates or from the Local Taxation Account, but their income includes contributions from the Welsh county and county borough councils, and these contributions are paid out of funds which comprise,inter alia, the rate levied under the Welsh Intermediate Education Act, 1889, sums received under the Local Taxation (Customs and Excise) Act, 1890, grant from the Treasury under the Welsh Intermediate Education Act, 1889, and grant under the Agricultural Rates Act, 1896.
§ Mr. O'DONNELLasked what is the total amount spent on public education, 418W primary and secondary, in England in the year 1910 from the Exchequer, from the rates, and any other public sources; and corresponding figures separately for Wales?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANThe Board have not yet received from all the local education authorities the returns from which alone they can obtain this information. I shall be happy to give the hon. Member the information as soon as it is available.