§ Mr. RADFORDasked the President of the Board of Education if he will state how many inspectorships under the Board have been given to graduates of London University, and how many to graduates of Oxford and Cambridge?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANThe number of inspectors of schools of all grades at present on the staff of the Board is 361, of whom twenty-six are women. Of the men seventy-four were, at the time of appointment, graduates of Oxford, seventy-one were graduates of Cambridge, forty-seven were graduates of London, fifteen were graduates of other universities of the United Kingdom, two were graduates of foreign universities, and 126, the great majority of whom were appointed as sub-inspectors, had no degree. Of the 126 eight are known to have taken degrees after their appointment to the staff of the Board. Some of the above hold degrees of more than one university, but they have been assigned to the universities at which the greater part of their university education has been received. Of the women fifteen have no university degree, four are graduates of London, five are graduates of other universities of the United Kingdom, one has taken the final examinations qualifying for an honours degree at Oxford, and another has taken the final examinations qualifying for an honours degree at Cambridge.